Some of those guys were severely burned by the Iraqi Adventure. SFAIK, Halli divested of Brown-Root.

Big Engineering like that might as well be politics. And this makes me think of the St. Francis Dam.

"It's Chinatown, Jake."

I watched that movie while coming down (ok, failing to come down) from my first acid trip. Not the right choice. Great movie though.

That was a funny and unexpected comment...

What movie are you talking about?

I'm guessing "Chinatown"

You are correct, sir.

Rebuilding Mosul is more lucrative that maintenance on Mosul dam?

With the added benefit of being a "hero" when they go in to rebuild in such a dangerous area.

And 'hero' pay, no doubt.

Look at the upside - when it blows they can always rent bulldozers to bury all the bodies.

Indeed! Good thinking. Rebuild dam and city. Funded by US loans of course.

That's the business model of the IMF.

Would you prefer to be paved in gold or bombs?

Fun fact: The gold is almost certainly cheaper in the long run.

I'm positive they likely have.

Don't forget the fact that Feinstein's husband was head of a doc at Bechtel Corp and she was on the Military construction Appropriations committee, they funneled a lot of money through that incestuous relationship.

She left that committee in 2008, which was plenty of time for graft.