# $6.6 Billion Simply Stolen From Iraq War Funds **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 14, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464 "2011-06-14T18:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464/21 "2011-06-15T17:59:10Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > Yes I’m sure Bush and his Cabinet laughed sadistically as they delibrately calculated how many Iraqi civilians would di8e and how much money they stole. Hey maybe they stole Christmas too. :rolleyes: No, it is like you sending your cousin from the sticks by herself into the bad part of town with a wad of money in her hand. In other words, criminally stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464/22 "2011-06-15T18:03:56Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > While I’m not supporting the war in Iraq, this kind of clusterfuck happens while either party is in charge. > > Medicare fraud: [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414390.shtml](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414390.shtml) > > [Medicare fraud - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_fraud) > > [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22184921](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22184921) > > While there is no solid concensus on exactly how much, the estimate are still much greater than 6.6 billion. > > I am not defending bad behavior by pointing out other bad behavior, I want it all cleaned up. > > I just object to painting the Republicans (only) to blame here. Oversight of Federal money is a bipartisan (or nonpolitical, if you will) duty, IMO. Wherever there is money, there will be criminals. There is income tax fraud also. I’m all for hiring people to try to catch crooks. And there will always be a balance between too many hurdles and too much paperwork, which hurts intended recipients, and too little, which encourages fraud. But this is all way different from hauling hunks of cash into a war zone with no controls. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464/23 "2011-06-15T18:11:02Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > It would be perfectly in keeping with their their personalities to just do that. They are mass murderers and torturers, as well as vandals & thieves on a grand scale. Utter vermin. I really wish you and **Squinchy** would go find a different litterbox to play in. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464/24 "2011-06-15T18:49:24Z")
The Chicago public schools really cost $6.6 billion a year? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464/25 "2011-06-15T19:18:36Z")
Does anyone know what Danny Ocean’s been up to lately? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-6-billion-simply-stolen-from-iraq-war-funds/585464.md?page=1)