対イラク武力行使

これはニューヨークタイムズの記事なのだが、ニューヨークタイムズらしく国民の税金の心配をしているように見えて、狙いはここだろう。この変更をやるのは今年末まで不可能だから、以降の契約を受けたければ、米軍を撤退させずに占領を続ける候補を大統領に選んでね。

Army officials said they would not be able to actually shift work from KBR to the other companies until late this year, meaning that the change would be under way just as Americans are choosing a new president. The Army officials said the huge new multiyear contract for Iraq would not commit any new presidential administration to paying billions of dollars to defense contractors for services in Iraq if the new president decided to withdraw American troops.