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360 Tons of Cash

Paul Bremer's trying to explain how he lost $9 billion in cash while running the show in Iraq. That's 360 tons of cash, as Congressman Henry Waxman put it. The cash was literally loaded on pallets and shipped into Iraq, a war zone.

"But as often in Iraq the ideal collided with the harsh realities on the ground," Bremer said. Get outta here. Iraq wasn't an ideal situation?

Note to the Bush administration: Next time you want to lose $9 billion, let me know. There are a lot better things to do with 360 tons of money than to fly it into the middle of a chaos studded with corrupt contractors and shady politicians. Or was that the intent in the first place?