US Tax Dollars at Work in Iraq

From the NYT: Nonstop Theft and Bribery Stagger Iraq

One government worker, who goes by the name Abu Muhammad, said a senior administrator at the ministry where he worked recently sold off computers, laser printers, office furniture and other supplies that appeared to have been paid for with American aid. The official was never caught or prosecuted, he said.

Fortunately there isn't a tax and spend Democrat liberal in the high office to bilk Americans out of their hard earned money and thereby create waste, incompetence, and corruption. Americans are not ready for that kind of change.

Bush told an audience of business and community leaders. "The majority was elected on a pledge of fiscal responsibility, but so far it's acting like a teenager with a new credit card. source

The Iraqis have an ethical standard to uphold. The paradigm is the Bush Administration. By all accounts they are modeling themselves in that clear light admirably.

President Bush stated that, while challenges and sacrifices remained, the daily lives of Iraqis "is a world away from the cruelty and corruption of Saddam's regime." GW Bush in 2004