October 2016 Host:  Sarah

War Dogs by Guy Lawson

Summary

This is a true story of how two stoner teenagers from Florida were awarded millions of dollars of US government military contracts and how they learned the ins and outs of international arms dealing.  This is a well-researched piece of journalism that reads like fiction, but sadly is not.  One issue is that they were sending outdated Chinese ammo to the front line in Afghanistan.  The labels were removed from the ammo and they were shipped loose in the containers; an obvious danger to the soldiers.  Hurried outsourcing by the federal government allowed these two teenagers to make millions of dollars into their twenties, they even landed a $300 million contract in 2007.  This is an insightful read into how the government procures and distributes arms contracts.  This story has also been made into a movie. 

                                                           Menu

Salad

Lasagna (I forgot to take pics until after dinner)

Cake