What was so astounding and disheartening to me was that, to my knowledge, not a single general, based on pressure from his top command, quit rather than give in to an unscrupulous contractor, or even, after their tour in Iraq, quit his command and went to the Congress and/or the media to tell them that KBR was blackmailing the Army with work stoppages during a war. I was following all the attempts of reform and oversight on KBR in the Congress and, to my knowledge, no general even had the courage to leak this problem anonymously to the media or the Congress to try to fix the problem.
Ano kaya lubhang kataka-taka at disheartening sa akin noon na, sa aking kaalaman, hindi isang solong pangkalahatan, batay sa presyon mula sa kanyang tuktok utos, mag-quit sa halip na bigyan in sa isang walang prinsipyo kontratista, o kahit na, pagkatapos ng kanilang tour sa Iraq, huminto ang kanyang utos at pinuntahan ang Kongreso at / o ang media upang sabihin sa kanila na KBR ay blackmailing ng Army may stoppages work sa panahon ng digmaan. Ako ay sumusunod ang lahat ng mga pagtatangka ng reporma at hindi pagkapansin sa KBR sa Kongreso at, sa aking kaalaman, walang pangkalahatang kahit na nagkaroon ng lakas ng loob upang mahayag ang problemang ito nang hindi nagpapakilala sa media o ang Kongreso upang subukan upang ayusin ang problema.