Huh. That's a funny thing to say, for someone who's apparently so concerned about how their tax dollars are being spent.

Really? Who? KBR was at nearly every deployment I went on in the last 8 years of my AD. They were doing it long before I ever hit the field, for years.

Protect who's oil? the oil in Texas?

Oh, I am concerned. Concerned that it not be spent on non-citizens who are here in the US illegally. For troops on deployment it would be an extremely appropriate use of funds. Come to think of it we have been doing that since the birth of the nation.

Playing dumb works for you.

You want me to belive your conspiracy theory? No thanks.

How can that be, when income tax wasn't imposed until the Civil War? Even then, the average American didn't really pay any until the 20th century.

A government contractor wasting funds on overly-high salaries and perks doesn't count as spending for troops on deployment--but you know that, since you avoided the comment.

Salaries and perks are the least of the problems. (last 3 links are pdf)

How are you qualified to make that generalization? How the fuck do you know what companies not given a chance would or wouldn't do?
I suggest you ask Ike.
The problem is not the troops getting supplied, it's the taxpayers getting fucked. Overcharging on no-bid contracts, and charging for supplies and services not delivered. Understand?

Why of course I understand. And the govenment has gone after KBR and Haliburton for those over charges.

Some of the ones they can prove, but as the years drag by, yes it will take years, the evidence disappears. Tell you what, give me say 5 or 10 billion and demand it back in 7 or 8 years, I'll cooperate fully, to the penny, no problemo.

Look, don't think I don't understand your point. Decisions were made in haste no doubt. But here is the deal. And let me preface this with a disclaimer, I am only one guy, one soldier, who had this experience, KBR was the BEST and ONLY pre-positioned company to make this all happen. They have been doing it for years. I experienced it. Their support is real, tangible, effective. So not to discount all of the critical statements, because there is merit to them, no one and absolutely no one could have done the job they did. Opportunist companies sprung up overnight to take advantage of the needs required by the military, but guess what, experience and history were more important than fair play at this juncture. They had the ability, the contacts, the supply trains, the wherewithal, the experience, the list goes on, to deliver to the boots on the ground. And for that I am grateful. No disrespect to you personally but fuck everyone else who doesn't get it. I am tired of the bull shit. Ok, lets go back and get what they owe the taxpayer, fuck them, take them to court, whatever... But quit the sniping about how or why they were chosen in the first place. IMHO it had very little to do with Cheney or any other idiot. The defense industry is a revolving door of insiders, get over it already.

I don't think the two jive... a contract and how much they pay their employees are not connected.
Of course IF they are the lowest bidder. :eyebrow:

They are indeed connected--by billable (and "billable") hours, and employees who are hired to work on specific contracts.

Heh. A revolving door of insiders, except Cheney?

No, the point is that they ALL are insiders, including Cheney.