[lbo-talk] the battle to rebuild Lebanon

Colin Brace cb at lim.nl
Fri Aug 18 12:16:02 PDT 2006


On 8/18/06, Charles A. Grimes <cgrimes at rawbw.com> wrote:


> It would nice to see the Lebanonese reject these US trojan
> horse reconstruction plans. They would be wiser to turn instead to
> Iran, Russia, and maybe Chavez and the Cubans---all of whom are
> intimately familiar with the viciousness of US aid efforts.

I suspect whatever US aid materializes will be too little too late. It has committed 50 million while already ten times that has been earmarked for reconstruction by the Saudis, IIRC.

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Colin Brace

Amsterdam



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