Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[seabass]

This is what happens when loyalty to the king trumps real credentials for the job. Who's counting the clueless fools he's been surrounding himself with anymore? Not even the reconstruction in Iraq was spared:


"After Saddam Hussein’s government was removed from power in April 2003, the effort of “reconstruction” in Iraq attracted many Americans. However, before any American could go to Baghdad they had to make it through Jim O-Beirne’s screening process at the Pentagon. Applicants needed not be experts in Middle Eastern affairs or in post-conflict reconstruction. In fact, the most important qualification for these applicants was that they were loyal to Bush.

Applicants were openly asked who they voted for in the 2000 elections, and whether they support the way the “war on terror” was being waged. Two applicants were even asked their views on Roe v. Wade. Consequently, this politically exclusive screening process resulted in a staff that was more concerned with remaking Iraq in the image of a conservative United States than with the CPA’s stated goals of strengthening Iraq’s army and police forces and increasing electricity production."

http://www.jwharrison.com/blog/2006/09/21/iraq-reconstruction-loyalty-to-gop-more-important-than-ski...