>[WS:] Somebody with the inside connection to the Bank conjectured that this
>is really a battle over the loan program for Iraq. The Bushites need it
>badly, because oil revenues that Wolfie predicted before the war did not
>materialize, and no sane person is going to invest in this hell hole. So
>the Bank is their last hope. Wolfie reportedly sacked the VP who refused to
>open a Bank's office in Bagdad.
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Well, you know, Bush managed to temporarily destroy the Repub party, why
not the World Bank, which, I suppose, could happen if the WB manages to
make large investments in hell holes.
Joanna