# Internal government report shows Iraq reconstruction a fiasco **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 15, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265 "2008-12-15T18:06:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/21 "2009-01-11T06:03:58Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > No thanks. I’ll take a T25 though. First one off the assembly line If that’s a bust, a Smart Car will do. Solid blue, with an mp3 player, if you please. Er… they’re not built yet. They’re not even _designed_ yet. A Smart car it is, then. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/22 "2009-01-11T06:40:11Z")
MicroSoft has gone into the auto business? No good can come of this. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/23 "2009-01-11T07:47:26Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Er… they’re not built yet. > > They’re not even _designed_ yet. > > A Smart car it is, then. Oh no no, I can wait, really. I thought [it was designed](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1103963/Smaller-Mini-seats-goes-like-bomb-Is-T25-car-future.html), it’s just that the prototype has been kept under wraps, guarded by Fluffy, the giant three-headed monster dog in Harry Potter. If, after it’s unveiled, it turns out to be a bust, _then_ I’ll take the Smart Car. I’ve been without a car for 19 years, I can wait a little longer. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/24 "2009-01-11T18:44:18Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Oh no no, I can wait, really. I thought [it was designed](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/motoring/article-1103963/Smaller-Mini-seats-goes-like-bomb-Is-T25-car-future.html), it’s just that the prototype has been kept under wraps, guarded by Fluffy, the giant three-headed monster dog in Harry Potter. They have the basic shape down… but the rest is just a bunch of “it will be able to do this, this and this” without actually answering how. I wouldn’t bet against Gordon Murray- he designed the McLaren F1, among other things- but there’s an awful lot of promises and awfully few answers there. Sorry about the hijack, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/25 "2009-01-11T21:53:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > You are operating under the impression that the aim was to fix Iraqs’ infrastructure. The purpose was to loot the tax payers and steal as much money as possible. It worked very well. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/26 "2009-01-11T21:55:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > They have the basic shape down… but the rest is just a bunch of “it will be able to do this, this and this” without actually answering how. So Microsoft **has** gone into the auto business?! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265/27 "2009-01-11T22:09:33Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Cite? [http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the\_great\_iraq\_swindle](http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/16076312/the_great_iraq_swindle) One of about a million articles about our tax money being stolen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-government-report-shows-iraq-reconstruction-a-fiasco/477265.md?page=1)