20 something

This is some­what stu­pid. The CPA is being run by a lot of peo­ple who appar­ently have no back­ground in state affairs. Which I guess isn’t really sur­pris­ing since all the peo­ple that did have a back­ground in it were so vocally against the occu­pa­tion. More of the same from Bush though; when the experts dis­agree with you, find new experts. Stem cell research, environment…

Andrew Burns, 23, a Red Cross vol­un­teer who had taught Eng­lish in rural China, felt going to Iraq would help him pur­sue a career in human­i­tar­ian aid. Todd Bald­win, 28, a leg­isla­tive aide for Sen. Rick San­to­rum (R-Pa.), thought the oppor­tu­nity was too good to pass up. John Han­ley, 24, a Web site edi­tor, wanted to break into the world of inter­na­tional rela­tions. Anita Greco, 25, a for­mer teacher, and Casey Was­son, 23, a recent col­lege grad­u­ate in gov­ern­ment, just needed jobs.

For months they won­dered what they had in com­mon, how their names had come to the atten­tion of the Pen­ta­gon, until one day they fig­ured it out: They had all posted their resumes at the Her­itage Foun­da­tion, a conservative-leaning think tank.

Swell, at least they didn’t ask for party affil­i­a­tion! (which is their rebut­tal). There is a mefi dis­cus­sion about it also