Govt offer $1 billion grant for ideas on how to defeat insurgents

[quaoar]

Found this posted at Huffington Post. This is just incredible -- the Bush regime is so clueless it has to actually advertise for ideas on how to stabilize Iraqi cities and beat the insurgents.

http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/AID/OM/BAG/RFA&%23032%3B267-06-001/Grant.html

The United States Agency for International Development is seeking applications for an Assistance Agreement from qualified sources to design and implement a social and economic stabilization program impacting ten Strategic Cities, identified by the United States Government as critical to the defeat of the Insurgency in Iraq. The number of Strategic Cities may expand or contract over time. USAID plans to provide approximately $1,020,000,000 over two years to meet the objectives of the Program. An additional option year may be considered amounting to $300 million at the discretion of USAID. Funds are not yet available for this program.

[applegrove]

1. Why don't you re-nationalize the oil industry in Iraq. Keep the airforce

there for air-cover and invite the Sunnis back to the table to be part owners of the oil industry that way?

They would still sell oil to the USA. If USA was securing them from outside invasion.

Just a thought?

What do I get?:woohoo:

[shraby]

2. The real kicker to the story is the last line.

Funds are not available. They probably never will be, but that won't stop them from taking ideas and promising the moon.

[quaoar]

3. I predict funds would suddenly become available

If the right application is submitted.

[TexasLawyer]

4. Like a very, very bright idea from, say,...

... Halliburton?

[quaoar]

5. Perish the thought

Surely our government would not give another $1 billion to Halliburton.

[KitchenWitch]

6. Five words: Genuine Exit Strategy and Deadline

[LunaC]

7. One word: LEAVE!

Can I have my billion now?

[quaoar]

10. Is your name Halliburton?

[Spinzonner]

8. Solution

Build a time machine and go back to before the invasion and out all the lies and liars that were floated.

Hey, it doesn't actually have to work to get the money. If that were a requirement for the Govt we woulnd't have the anti-missle system deployment ...

[OneBlueSky]

9. guaranteed winning strategy . . .

just come up with the most asinine, ridiculous, off-the-wall, and thoroughly unworkable plan your perverted little mind can conger up . . . they'll undoubtedly think it brilliant and send you a billion dollars . . .

[Toots]

11. Sounds like a made to order "No Bid Contract" for Haliburton

One billion, easy money, we will just let them all eat cake....

[Hubert Flottz]

12. REPENT!

GIVE UP YOUR SINFUL WAYS BUSH/CHENEY!

Lying 24/7 is not supporting the troops, it's simply covering your ass, because you lied from the beginning mr. pResidirt!