According to the Daily News this week, “Iraq’s free budget ride in war may be nearing its end” because Congress is looking to have Iraq start paying more money for its own reconstruction.

What an amazing idea. We have multiple accounts of fraud, corruption, stolen money, overpriced services and lost money for which there’s no accounting — now we can turn the whole mess over to the Iraqis and let our contractors bill them. American corporations will still reap the profits of reconstruction and I’m sure nobody will make too much of a fuss if they bilk the Iraqis blind — and of course, we’d never let a US contractor see the inside of an Iraqi jail. So it’s a win-win for everyone but the Iraqis, and who in Washington really cares about them?

(And may I say that the phrase “free ride” in any connection with life in Iraq today is just appallingly idiotic?).

Setting aside how laughable it is to use “free

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