Electrocuting Soldiers ( A Militaries Shame)

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On May 20, 2009, The Nation, an admittedly liberal news source, reported that KBR, a subsidiary of  Haliburton, had just been awarded 80 million dollars of bonuses for work they have done in Iraq. These are the same people who are responsible for 19 deaths, and who knows how many injuries, to our American Soldiers. 19 soldiers died because they were electrocuted.19 soldiers were killed and wounded for work that was later said to be faulty at best. After first saying these were accidental deaths, the Army's Criminal Investigative Division (CID)  later ruled it negligent homicide.This is an outrage. It turn's out that, KBR, were using people from third world countries to do this work. To say they were unqualified is an understatement. Before being certified, they had to take a proficiency  test. How they passed was ingenious.KBR gave them the answers to the questions. It's kind of hard to fail, when you already know the answers.

Sgt. Ryan Maseth, a highly decorated 27 year old Green Beret, was electrocuted while taking a shower at a a U.S. post in January 2009. It also was ruled  negligent homicide.A month after the death of this brave soldier, KBR were awarded 30 million more dollars. Bonuses are suppose to be given for work of the highest quality, with no deficiencies.The work done by these idiots was never up to code.Eric Peters, a master electrician who worked for KBR as little as 2009, has said that over 50% of all buildings built by KBR, are below code. The Army was well aware of the shotty work done by KBR, yet continued to give these murderer's contract after contract.

While I have made my feeling about these two wars plain. I think they were the biggest mistakes since the Civil War.But these are not my opinion's.These come from the Army's own Criminal Intelligence Officers. Why, in God's name, would you keep giving contracts to people who have murdered your fellow soldiers.A Soldier goes out every day and puts his life on the line. You would think, when they get back to base, kick off their boots, and go to take a hot shower to wash the sand off their tired bodies, that the Army would at least give them a safe place to take a shower. How do you tell their Mothers, Father's,Wife's and Kid's, that your loved one was not killed in combat, the thing that they had trained for, but electrocuted in a shower by a company that hired incompetent  workers so they could save money on labor, and then reap million's of dollar's bonuses. No matter what you feel about the wars, I believe everyone loves the soldiers who place their  lives in danger everyday. Shame. Shame on the military for hiring on a no-bid contract, Dick Cheney's former company, Haliburton, who is ultimately responsible.The people who awarded these contracts should be court-martialed and let justice have it's day in the sun.