U.S. To Pay Contractor To Come Up With Phony Surveys
At least that is the only message I got from this story:
As violence continues in Iraq, the military is looking for ways to achieve stability through opinion polls and public relations.The Multi-National Command in Baghdad wants to hire a private firm to conduct polling and focus groups in Iraq "to assess the effectiveness of operations as they relate to gaining and maintaining popular support," according to a notice the Department of the Army posted yesterday.
. . .The Baghdad command also confirmed yesterday that it has awarded a two-year, $12.4 million contact to handle strategic communications management to the Lincoln Group, the Washington-based public relations company found late last year to have been paying money to place favorable articles in the Iraqi news media.
I don't know what's a better waste of taxpayer's money, this or the Great Wall of Baghdad.