Iraq War Revealed as Government Sting

U.S. Says Company Bribed Officers for Work in Iraq
By ERIC SCHMITT and JAMES GLANZ
An American-owned company paid hundreds of thousands of
dollars in bribes to U.S. officers in efforts to win more
than $11 million in contracts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/31/washington/31contract.html?th&emc=th

BUSH EXPLAINS: IT WAS ALL A STING!

Special from Baghdad

The US administration announced this morning that the war in Iraq was actually a sting operation designed to entrap corrupt companies.

"Well, of course no one could believe the rationale for the war because it was all cooked up! We were so upset by the corporate corruption unleashed by deregulation that we knew we had to do something about it," said a high level source in the government. "And as you can see, it has paid off!"

Administration spokespeople were particularly gleeful about using the bribes paid to US Army officers to finance the operation. "This was a no-cost operation! Of course, there was some collateral damage because we did have to attack Iraq and all, but look at the results! Widespread corporate corruption exposed! We have established a new high in Government ethics."

Administration officials denied that this was an idea proposed by Fred Thompson while he was still doing "Law and Order." "We can't reveal the originator of this program,
but it will be clear that once the really big boys are implicated that it couldn't have been Cheney."