Republicans Profit from Iraq Misery

DETROIT -- In war, the powerful make money, not sacrifices. They grab the bucks. Ducking the bullets and dying is someone else's responsibility. In Iraq, for the first time in our nation's history, the bill for a war is being deferred, passed on as a painful burden of debt for another generation. A handful of politically connected military contractors--most with close ties to the Bush White House--are raking in billions of dollars with no-bid, cost-plus contracts, often with little, if any, scrutiny from government auditors.