There are two excellent articles in the current American Conservative which I am delighted to see they put online. The cover article Money for Nothing by Philip Giraldi names names and dollar figures for the phenomenally corrupt and incompetent cash give away that has been going on in Iraq. Here’s a quick detail from the article that shows Soviet style planning in action: “In another operation, KBR [Kellogg, Brown and Root] purchased fleets of Mercedes trucks at $85,000 each to re-supply U.S. troops. The trucks carried no spare parts or even extra tires for the grueling high-speed run across the … Continue reading The Welfare Here-Welfare There State