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Iraqi reconstruction
| Sat, 07-31-2004 - 11:14am |
Given the gross mismanagement of the how US funds are rebuilding Iraq, I have to ask one question:
Why are Bush and Bush supporters against other EU nations getting contracts and rebuilding Iraq?
I thought we were there to make life better for the Iraqi people. It's as clear as glass, the current so-called plans aren't working and is not the ideal situation for the IRAQI people.
And even if we did allow these EU nations to assist in rebuilding, they probably wouldn't come anyway: Security is worse now than at any other time in 2004.
Iraq == a miserable failure even for a humanitarian mission. A failure because of pride and arrogance.

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You say you have been to all these countries, but you have not done anything. Mingling with officers of another country, does not constitute you as an ambassador of those countries. Being involved in the country you are in, working and befriending everyday citizens of the country would be a great start. Knowing the culture also helps. For someone who has been in many muslim countries as you have, and can not understand why a woman would cover, makes me think you don't want to understand or dont genuinely care. Even though I am not allowed to leave the camp, I have to take a class in the culture of Iraq. That is great, becuase I am always trying to learn about others.
So do not begin to nitpick what I say, becuase you have been guilty of generalizations also.
The rest is not worthy of comment.
So if DJIE was under the impression that jumping in front of a train was a good idea you would follow? She was also under the impression that the "Mission Accomplished" banner was meant for the fall of Sadaam, and not what the White House said that it pertained to the ship, do you also agree with this impression? Do you also agree with Bush's assessment that all Iraqis are better off? He said ALL and that is not the case, all are not better, some perhaps, majority perhaps, but not all. Me thinks you best be on the phone letting him know of his mistake in saying all Iraqis.
Good! :-)
"According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in
transactions," Rumsfeld admitted. $2.3 trillion — that's $8,000 for
every man, woman and child in America.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/printable325985.
shtml
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US Treasury Missing $ Trillions :
"We reported that DoD processed $1.1 trillion in unsupported
accounting entries to DoD Component financial data used to prepare
departmental reports and DoD financial statements for FY 2000."
http://www.whereisthemoney.org/
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Audit says $1 billion went astray in Iraq:
U.S. civilian authorities in Baghdad failed to keep good track of
nearly $1 billion in Iraqi money
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2709580
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Iraq Funds Are Focus of 27 Criminal Inquiries:
A comprehensive examination of the U.S.-led agency that oversaw the
rebuilding of Iraq has triggered at least 27 criminal investigations
and produced evidence of millions of dollars' worth of fraud, waste
and abuse
http://news.yahoo.com/news?
tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20040730/ts_latimes/iraqfundsarefocusof27crimi
nalinquiries
I guess the government was using Arthur Andersen as their accountants back then.
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