The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information so as not to undermine its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.Realistically most of that $18 billion is US taxpayer money.
...the now-defunct Office of Accountability and Transparency — was little more than 'window dressing...
...corruption had cost Iraq — and U.S. taxpayers — some $18 billion.
When we read about compressed blocks of bills tossed around like sod on a pasture, we knew about corruption in Iraq. This is all a reflection of the Bush administration, nothing but a continuous stream of failure in policy at all levels.
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