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So I mean like, fraud is definitely not a good thing, but COUNTLESS government contractors committed outright fraud and embezzlement during the Iraq War, and no
by anoncoward111 8y ago
So I mean like, fraud is definitely not a good thing, but COUNTLESS government contractors committed outright fraud and embezzlement during the Iraq War, and none of them were ever held accountable.
One of them even made 8 billion USD completely disappear from the "Iraq Reconstruction Fund".
- atombender 8y agoHow is this whataboutism relevant?
- anoncoward111 8y agoBecause many people smoke weed, but only some are jailed for it. THAT'S why whataboutism is important. Enforcement bias.
- asdsa5325 8y agoBecause not everyone who smokes is caught, and some plead guilty to get an easy sentence, laws differ based on location, and case circumstance is not always the same? This is how the system works.
- anoncoward111 8y ago"The system" is logical and ethical, in your opinion? I'm trying to call into question here if "a crime" on paper is a crime worth enforcing. When the black man in New Orleans is thrown in jail for smoking weed, but the black/white/asian male in Iowa goes unprosecuted, how much of a crime is the crime really? You either need 100% prosecution or 0%. Murder is murder, fraud is fraud, isn't it?
- buvanshak 8y ago>but COUNTLESS government contractors committed outright fraud and embezzlement during the Iraq War, and none of them were ever held accountable. I don't know about your country, but here usually all the higher up's in the chain are on the payroll, so you are safe, even if shit hits the fan. That is one of the nice thing about stealing from government. Because you are not actually stealing from the government, but instead, you are just helping the government steal from the people, a part of which is rewarded to you.