Rebuilderying

In typical fashion, the Bushistas and the Pentagon had bungled (in extremis) the $25+ billion rebulding project in Iraq. Little of note or substance has been done, and Iraq remains lightyears removed from it's 'second world' status before the war, and mired deep in the fourth-world-and-sinking neighborhood.

A lot of this is due to the typical internecine eat-your-you-and-kill-your-siblings mentality of the Pentagon where money is concerned. A lot is due to the monumental incompetence and venality (if not outright graft and corruption) of the BushCo administration. NYT has the details. Read it and weep.