Comments on: Soldiers Accuse KBR Of Knowingly Exposing Troops To Deadly Toxin In Iraq

By: wiley

wiley — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:05:56 +0000

What enough says + take all their money and give it to the V.A., or even give it directly to the troops who survived the travesty called Haliburton.

By: enough

enough — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:50:30 +0000

It is not enough to sue this company and it’s (at that time) parent company Haliburton out of existence, we must destroy–personally–every officer of the company. They should hang for war profiteering or go to the Hague for war crimes.

By: LibertyLover

LibertyLover — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:36:47 +0000

When profit is the underlying motive, humanity goes out the window. The bottom line ceases to be real people’s lives, it becomes only the quest for the almighty dollar, or yen, or Euro…

By: MapleStreet

MapleStreet — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:52:44 +0000

Cr +6. The health effects have been known for quite some time. (in fact, it is one of the reasons you can’t get CCA treated wood anymore). OSHA has long established safety levels. So to imply anything along the lines of “we didn’t know” or “we didn’t monitor the levels” is pure BS.

Of course, we’re dealing with a no-bid contract with no oversight and guarantees of immunity. So what are the victims whining about ?

By: Anacher Forester

Anacher Forester — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:33:06 +0000

Words cannot discribe the disgust, anger and hatred I feel for these people. They are the lowest of the low. There’s a special place in hell for the KBR’s of this world right next to child molesters and rapists.

My wife often asks, “:How do these people sleep at night?”

With the help of a few scotches and Ambien, they sleep just fine thank you with no small comfort afforded by the tally on their balance sheets.

-AF
Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud

By: republicanSScareme

republicanSScareme — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:19:57 +0000

KBR. Juden.

By: curious

curious — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:06:53 +0000

So here we have another Cheney death watch. This man is truly one evil specimen of a human being.

KBR is just the kind of company he would be associated with as a subsidiary of Haliburton. This company sponsored by Cheney and the State Department have run rough shod over the men and laws and espcially any morality. Time after time despite the cheating and violations they never were kicked out. They got new contracts even with such egregious actions.

Let’s not leave the State Department or the Army out of the blame. They made no demands and asked no questions. This kind of oversight is supposed to come from the top. And like all leadership and sense of decency, if it’s not at the top the whole organization there is nothing.

There is so much for this administration to answer for, it is almost incomprehensible.

By: DwH

DwH — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:29:18 +0000

The responsibility for this debacle lies squarely at the feet of Cheney.

War profiteer, liar, and enemy of the US Constitution.

Bring on the war crimes trials. Cheney first.

By: impeachcheneythenbush

impeachcheneythenbush — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:07:02 +0000

Don’t expect anything to happen with this case until at least after Jan 20, 2009. At that time, the issue should move from being one of a civil lawsuit, to a criminal investigation. Bayh’s statement about “…the burden of proof at this point is on the company,” under a criminal investigation and trial becomes the prosecutor having the burden of proof (which happens to be the way the U.S. justice system works). There’s enough evidence right now to prosecute and convict. A criminal investigation should not only uncover those directly involved, but those who sought to cover this information up.

By: McWars

McWars — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:02:01 +0000

CageyCretin Says:

As I recall — they get paid more than our military, AND they get more (federal) money when they are injured than our regular troops. It is clear who is the prefered soldiers in this administration.

I despise mercenaries.

D E S P I S E

You’re well alert to despise them. We want adequate pay for all of our troops, especially those at the lower ranks doing the grunt work. But our troops are especially valuable because they carry out a wide range of duties — listed and unlisted — and civilians contractually limit their services for, as you mentioned, much higher pay.

By: Buckie Boy

Buckie Boy — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:59:06 +0000

Hey now, this is gonna cut in to those NO BID CONTRACTS profits.

Bush will just pardon them anyway…

…it’s not like he really cares about the Troops or anything.

By: McWars

McWars — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:57:57 +0000

CageyCretin

Agreed, Cagey. The troops have handled IEDs, and they can handle logistical duties. Let them do what what they’re well trained to do.

By: CageyCretin

CageyCretin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:54:12 +0000

McWars Says:
I’d bet that if you push hard enough for answer, a neocon would admit that private industry comes before the troops.

As I recall — they get paid more than our military, AND they get more (federal) money when they are injured than our regular troops. It is clear who is the prefered soldiers in this administration.

I despise mercenaries.

D E S P I S E

By: CageyCretin

CageyCretin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:52:29 +0000

Mercenaries are the lowest of scum. That this administration chose mercenaries over the army displays an enormous hatred of our troops (the money spent on these filthy mercs would have provided the services within the military, and at a lower cost in money and mistakes).

mercenary companies operating in the US should be illegal, and taken to trial for every single infraction of US and international law.

By: McWars

McWars — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:50:52 +0000

I’d bet that if you push hard enough for answer, a neocon would admit that private industry comes before the troops.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:53 +0000

THIS is why the world needs trial lawyers. No wonder there’s a new commercial out badmouthing them and spewing on about “frivolous lawsuits”.

By: wykydseptyr

wykydseptyr — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:39:07 +0000

When he dies can someone tell me how that would not be considered murder?

By: Ms Sparky

Ms Sparky — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:31:59 +0000

This is reprehensible. And please keep in mind this water plant was not drinking water for troops or civilians. It was for the oil wells. So they could get oil flowing again.!!

KBR has a “let’s just do it till we get caught” management style. Then once caught they claim “DoD contractor immunity”.

I just hope that this new administration is going to put a stop to this. KBR is not the only ones at fault here. DoD has some responsibility here as well for the lack of oversight. KBR has been allowed to run amuck.

I recently received an emailed report about Chrom-6 at Baghram AFB in Afghanistan. Are we going to have to wait for dying soldiers and civilians to sue KBR before we hear about that?

What about the detonated depleted uranium exposure? When is the DoD going to come clean about that?

There is so much more that we aren’t even aware of. Hopefully the Army’s Criminal Investigations Unit (CID) has opened an investigation into this.

Ms Sparky
http://mssparky.com/

By: singe_101

singe_101 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:18:41 +0000

This is what they pay for instead of healthcare.

“We can’t find money for SCHIP… it has some flaws as well… KBR is developing a special health program for our troops, so we’ll pay them and hope it goes well.”

This is treason! And that doesn’t even count what the Iraqis have the right to claim against these organizations.

By: Progressive Veteran

Progressive Veteran — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:12:24 +0000

This is why I got out, and will continue to piss all over the letters they send me to join up again.