Interesting side Note to a Morbid Story

[TomClash]

On NBC Nightly News tonight Brokaw said that Jack Hensley, apparently beheaded by Zarqawi's group, only went to Iraq because he needed the job.

It's an entirely new way to look at outsourcing and the Bush economic strategy. Unemployed? Outsource yourself! Get a job in Iraq and get beheaded.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Totally Changes The Meaning of Headhunter

Doesn't It?

[Owlet]

2. Same thing with Armstrong

NPR this morning had a woman who knew him saying he went to Iraq to earn money to build a house. The money is supposed to be a lot more that someone doing similar work can earn here, but it seems hardly worth the cost.

And why, with Iraqi unemployment at 60-70%, are foreign workers needed in Iraq at all?

[anarchy1999]

3. Ummm, they are not needed. Huge part of the problem IMHO.

The Iraqi's were about to be a 1st world country before we (as in the US) enticed Suddam into waging a war with Iran. Things have been going to shit since then.

[jokerman93]

8. The corporations would

The corporations would just as soon the whole population of Iraq sink into a black hole somewhere where they would stop getting in the way all the time. The Iraqi people are a stumbling block to dominion. Nobody there is going to see a dime if the corporate juggernaut can help it. That's my take.

[Djinn]

4. there are some things you shouldn't do for money

prostitution would be a safer and more ethical option

[Wilber_Stool]

5. If one were feeling in a critical mood,

one might call them war profiteers.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Well, maybe if Iraqis were hired to rebuild their own country, and

paid by Iraqi companies, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[DrWeird]

7. So they're war profiteers.

"I just did it for the money" isn't a very good excuse for anything.