Top Army General Accused of Squandering Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars on Luxurious Trips
I don’t think that anyone would even attempt to make the case that our government isn’t corrupt. The best example of government corruption is 
probably the tax code, which is written in a way that allows the rich to legally pay approximately half the taxes of the working poor and middle class. Having said that, many politicos have long observed that there’s a different standard between how black high profile government officials and white officials are held accountable.
Even though only 42 of the U.S. House of Representatives’ 435-member body are African American, 15 percent of the total House Ethics committee investigations focus on Black legislators. And Attorney General Eric Holder recently received the dubious distinction of becoming the first sitting AG to be held in contempt of Congress. Given these two standards, one would think that African-American government officials would straighten up and fly right. Well, that didn’t occur to General William E. Ward, who allegedly spent lavishly on hotels and other unauthorized purchases.
General Ward, who was nominated by President Bush and put in charge of US Army Africa Command (AFRICOM) in 2007, is accused of using his government spending card to provide his family and staff with lavish vacations.
This partial list courtesy of Business Insider:
- $129,000 on an 11-day trip to Washington with his wife and 13 staff where he only had short engagements on the first three days of the trip. The cost covers the hotel and ‘other’ costs such as transportation
- $10,000 on hotels rooms for himself and staff during a ‘refueling stop’ in Bermuda on the way to an engagement in Germany. He and his wife stayed in a $750 suite. The bill does not include transport or other costs
- $18,500 on producing and publishing 2,000 books about the Command’s plush residence in Germany and its first three years of work
- One staffer stayed in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in McLean, Virginia for 49 consecutive nights in early 2010 – even though Ward was in the area for just 18 of the nights
After decades of honorable service, I guess he’s now out of a job.
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The Black man is ALWAYS used as a stool pigeon! When O’Drama gave bankers (how can a bank go broke), insurance companies (how can they go broke with money coming in monthly), mortgage companies (redlining and charging Black customers more mone), and what did they do with the money?
Spent it on male and female prostitutes, gave themselves bonuses (out of tax payers money), got manicures, pedicures and haircuts costing thousands of dollars, bought the best liquor and wine. But, they put this brother on front street for only pennies, when they spent millions!!!
Crackers have been STEALING hue-man Black cargo [Afrikans]diamonds, raw materials, oil, gold, silver, land and other resources from Afrika for THOUSANDS of years!!! Now, china, japan, canada, germany, and of course; amerikkka are still STEALING and KILLING Afrikans for their greed!!!
GIVE THIS MAN A BREAK, Y’ALL OWE HIM…LET THAT MONEY BE HIS REPARATIONS YOU CAUCAOIDS OWE US!!!!
Speak my brotha speak! This General (very few black) spent broken peanut shells compared to the rest of the big time thieves. They ought to congratulate him on spending thrifty compared to the rest!
It’s always sad to see a soldier who’s given so much of his life to the defense of his country succumb to violating the public trust and ending a fine career this way.
Right, use The Black Man as Scape Goat…Does America want to Promote that same Drug with White People,who have Killed Millions of Blacks, Native Americans, Africans, Jews, Asians and even their Own Gentile Brethren…”Crime is a Consequence of an Unjust Society and a Corrupt Political,Economic and Social System…If Manufacturing is brought to the Cities instead of being Continually Ceded to Foreign Countries,then we can Offer our People an Alternative and we can Lift The Poor in This Country,and Save The Cities..”.When you have a Relatively Drug-Free Community you have a Relatively Crime-Free Community where the Ties of Family are Strong and there is very Little Domestic Violence…We need to Promote Observance of God in everything we do….This will Repair the Relationship between Male and Female and lead to Lasting,Happy Marriages,and the Elimination of Rape, i****t, Molestation, Assault and the Abuse of Women.”It will also Repair the Relationship between The Governed and The Governors.
Very well spoken. I agree with all except repairing the relationship between the governed and govenors. If American History offers any insight the governors are too corrupt, greedy and lack morality to have any decent relationship with those they are intrusted to govern when they are dark skinned people.
get him out of Africa and ship him to Iraq.