A panel has recently reviewed the costs of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and surprise surprise, much of the money has been defrauded or wasted. Read more at:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hh9cP7wgo072aP53h7QDAm4FLk5w?docId=0869f6ec89ac4d379ceca8b6855e0084

$60 billion dollars wasted.

Its alot of money.

Begs the question of who benefits when we go to war?

Hmmm....
Lets see
Halliburton (Dick Cheney)
Bechtel (Donald Rumsfield)
Blackwater (click here or here)and others....

And what makes it even worse is that the contracts are not even bid out. Yes thats right, they are just strictly assigned on a discretionary basis. To the best candidates of course. No question about that one. Right?..

Read more on that one:

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/09/pentagon-no-bid-champ/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29

Did you know that Halliburton moved its headquarters to Dubai?
A company that makes billions upon billions of tax payer money for much sensitive government work. Moved out. Took their jobs out. Took themselves outside the scope of review. Don't want to pay taxes...

Hmmm....
A lot to think about.