On Jun 15, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Chuck Grimes wrote:
> It's a desert stupid. Dirt is valuable. You grow things in dirt,
> remember?
>
> Besides, (just guessing) the Army Engineers probably bought topsoil
> from a US contractor so grass would grow in it. In other words it was
> expensive dirt.
>
> As far as Iraqis being difficult raw material for self-government, it
> seems to me, they are doing their best under difficult
> circumstances. After all
> the US and its puppet regime are sure as hell not running Iraq.
Aren't they just laying the groundwork for an exit strategy? We tried, but the Iraqis just aren't up to the task. Primitive ingrates, etc.
Doug