Why did Halliburton get the boot?

[The Backlash Cometh]

Halliburton lost their monopoly on the Iraq contracts and I'm wondering why now? Was it incompetence? Were they counter-productive to the peaceful transition of power? Were they too greedy? Too abusive? Or did the job description really just change, and if so, by how much?

[midnight]

1. Do you think they took all the money there was.

They were in the height of power when the largest reserve bank in the country lost untold sums of money, and there is no paper trail.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. What are they using all that money for?

No one can use that much money in one lifetime. They must be planning to buy America port by port.

[thepurpose]

2. Halliburton won't lose anything. This is being done because we got

elections coming up. Pure and simple. Halliburton is still going to be able to bid on all the contracts. There is less money available so don't expect too many other companies to be able to afford to do this type of work. That's my opinion anyway.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. You mean they already have the infra-structure set up in Iraq, where

others don't?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Maybe we ran out of money. n/t

[The2ndWheel]

6. The Military Industrial Complex is bigger than Halliburton?

That's my guess.

[global1]

7. As A Run-Up To The '06 Elections - This Takes Away A....

dem talking point that the repugs & *Co are giving no-bid contracts to Haliburton.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. Ah. Well, then they need to figure out who the next Halliburton will

be. Who's the next pig that will feed at the public trough.

[Zynx]

11. Exactly. Whenever you need to figure out a policy, ask yourself how close

to the elections we are. That will provide your answer.

[azurnoir]

9. Make a bet

some of Hali's CEO's or their shills have started an "independent" company. Repukes used to do all the time with construction back in the late '60's early '70's when affirmative action first came to be. If say a contract required a black owned company have part of the deal the big construction companies would hire someone (in one it was quite literally the guy who cleaned the CEO's office) and put them in a rented office with all the fixxin's of a legit' company go through the motions with co-operative people and viola' a construction job within standards of racial fairness in hiring. This feels like a variant of that game.

[Ilsa]

10. Cheney decided that he has made enough money.

No, wait, scratch that. Cheney worships at an altar of crisp green bills. It must be the mid-terms.

[Toots]

12. But how could they? We were told they were the ONLY company in the world

that could do those jobs, like feed the troops and providing water for them. The ONLY company in the world so they got NO-BID contracts. They must be the ONLY company in the world that can do repairs in New Orleans also because they got NO-BID Contracts for that as well. :shrug:It really has nothing at all to do with the fact that Cheney was their CEO just before becoming VP. Really none at all. :crazy:

[Dhalgren]

13. Halliburton wasn't "given the boot".

Halliburton has decided that the war is over, they're pulling out. The Pentagon and the Dictator had to come up with something to explain the corporate decision to quit. I think that this means that the occupation is over...except for the killing - that will continue...

[Virginia Dare]

14. I honestly believe...

that it was just too much money. They simply couldn't handle it anymore. I know people here in the D.C. area who work for defense contractors, smaller than Halliburton, and they simply can't keep up with the contracting demands.

[Solo_in_MD]

15. They did not get booted

No bid contracts are only used under special circumstances for limited periods. When they expire, they are then competed. Its the kind of nuance you have to have been involved with in Gov contracting at some point in your life to appreciate, and I would not expect the M$M to explain.