Well Jim, a public bidding process would probably have been somewhat
suspicious considering we were 'debating' whether or not to go to war...

M

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:52 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: From the Washington Post: Halliburton's Deals 
> Greater Than Th ought
> 
> 
> I understand your point, but chafe at the example.
> 
> "Have the troops starve"?  Are you seriously suggesting that 
> we entered Iraq with no plan to feed our troops?  That the 
> only way to feed them was to forfeit legitimate processes for 
> "last minute emergency decisions" involving politically 
> valuable, no bid contracts?
> 
> I'm sorry, but I always suspect unwarrantedly extreme 
> arguments.  They tend to mask illicit behavior.
> 
> Jim Davis 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:13 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: From the Washington Post: Halliburton's Deals Greater
> Than Th
> > ought
> > 
> > By having proved yourself on multiple deployments.
> > 
> > These were last minute emergency decisions.  Would you rather have
> seen
> > the
> > troops starve from not have the proper logistics in place?
> > 
> > Tim
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:53 AM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: From the Washington Post: Halliburton's Deals Greater Than 
> > Thought
> > 
> > 
> > Kevin Schmidt wrote:
> > >
> > >Haliburton is the best at what it does, period, that's they win 
> > >contracts.
> > 
> > How do you win a "no bid" contract?
> > 
> > Jochem
> > 
> > 
> 
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