The 20 billion is chump change. The remaining, what is it, 67 billion going to troupes to, ahem, oversee the expenditure of the 20 billion is only a little more than pocket change. From the looks of it, most of the cash will be heading back to the USA anyway, plus, lest anyone forget, the remainder will come back to the USA in the form of cheap fuel for decade$ to come. This 87 billion is at a cost of about 300 bucks per person. Less than a trip to the dentist.

But, just as this cash was and will be spent on the basis of an urgent need, was the need to hand off the contracts so urgent that the contributors to the elect Bush campaign made it to the White House speed dialer?

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...Tracy

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