http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/09/new_light.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:07:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/09/new_light.html/comment-page-1#comment-3931 Contractor Guy Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:35:00 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=1963#comment-3931 In Iraq, much of our budget/expense is spent on paying US contractors to rebuild their public utilities and oil infrastructure. US contractors rebuilding their country, while we neglect ours. Our economy and debt is alarming, yet in Iraq they have a large surplus and are more than able to fund this in house. I understand it's our duty to help them with our military prowess, however Iraq should pay and use their own non-military related contractors. They need to be more engage in the rebuilding of our country, I don't feel it's our duty to pay millions to rebuild their country, and think they should step up and rebuild their own. In Iraq, much of our budget/expense is spent on paying US contractors to rebuild their public utilities and oil infrastructure. US contractors rebuilding their country, while we neglect ours. Our economy and debt is alarming, yet in Iraq they have a large surplus and are more than able to fund this in house. I understand it’s our duty to help them with our military prowess, however Iraq should pay and use their own non-military related contractors. They need to be more engage in the rebuilding of our country, I don’t feel it’s our duty to pay millions to rebuild their country, and think they should step up and rebuild their own.

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