Support the Troops the Cheney way! If the IED's don't get them, the water will
posted by
Wally
6:57 AM
How can Dick Cheney hold a straight face while claiming to support the troops?
KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton (where Cheney was CEO) spent nearly 3 years giving our troops poisoned water in Iraq. That's what your Trillions of tax dollars has been buying - something to think about next time you're at the car wash hosing off that yellow ribbon magnet on the back of your SUV.Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon's internal watchdog says.
A report obtained by The Associated Press said Soldiers experienced skin abscesses, cellulitis, skin infections, diarrhea and other illnesses after using discolored, smelly water for personal hygiene and laundry at five U.S. military sites in Iraq.
The Pentagon's inspector general found water quality problems between March 2004 and February 2006 at three sites run by contractor KBR Inc., and between January 2004 and December 2006 at two military-operated locations.
KBR is a former subsidiary of Halliburton Co., the oil services conglomerate that Cheney once led. Note that Halliburton didn't dump KBR until April of 2007, so at the time of the poisoning, they were still together. That's not to say that these and all the other KBR problems are Cheney's fault - but as former CEO, he knows how the company is run, and still has some pull there. As current Vice President of the U.S., he damn well should make sure they're taking care of the troops and doing what the U.S. taxpayers are paying them to do.
Oh yeah, last time I checked he still held 300,000 or so shares of Halliburton stock (note that it's Sunday morning after the time change - maybe I'll look that up after another cup of coffee or two). The more they save on trivial things like water purification for the soldiers, the less profit and dividends go into his pocket.
I guess you don't need clean water for waterboarding
UPDATE: okay, I looked up Darth's ties to Halliburton and what I found is here, and here. (note that some of it is dated. He is a secretive little shit, after all)
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