[lbo-talk] in case you didn't know...

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Fri Mar 24 09:25:14 PST 2006


from the WaPo's SLATE news summary: >USA Today leads with the director of the U.S. reconstruction program in Iraq saying that the Iraqi government should no longer count on American money to complete the country's rebuilding. Iraq must now fund the projects itself, or find money from other countries. While it is giving up on money for reconstruction, the Bush administration continues to request significant sums to build large bases in Iraq, and that is raising concerns about whether they are being thought of as permanent outposts, reports the Los Angeles Times in its lead story. ...


>The United States is winding down its rebuilding programs in Iraq,
which, according to one expert, have been a "dismal failure" that have "left a legacy of half-built projects." One of the goals was to create jobs for 1.5 million Iraqis, but USAID said last week they've only managed to get to 77,000.


>Although the House of Representatives approved the money for the
bases, which was included in the general war funding, congressional leaders are now asking for explanations on why they are needed. Some lawmakers fear that they could further incite terrorism, since it might help to confirm theories that the United States plans to have a permanent presence in the country for economic reasons.<

here's an idea: turn all of Iraq into one big military base. That would rebuild the country and provide a lot of jobs. Dare to be great, Dubya! -- Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles



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