Iraqi reconstruction

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Registered: 04-08-2003
Iraqi reconstruction
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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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Registered: 03-24-2004
Mon, 08-09-2004 - 10:38am
Hmmm....What I think at this moment I can't type, so I am just trying to think of somethign nice. If you are going to get me on some presumption, then I think you need to be careful. If you presumed I meant ALL then fine, but you know that is not all what I meant. In no way can anything be absolute, and if you think that then that is your problem. I have heard from you how unbiased you are, how you like to hear from all sides, and that you are an independent. Really, you should practice what you say, becuase those statements don't reflect to the things on how you post. You sit on a fence leaning more right than left(very rarely have I seen it). A foot in the left does not make you independant. There is not one person that can claim to be unbiased, because we all have biases in us, that is human nature and no one alive is perfect.

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.

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 08-09-2004 - 11:03am
Both djie and I got that impression from you about Iraq women under Saddam.

The rest is not worthy of comment.



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Registered: 03-24-2004
Mon, 08-09-2004 - 11:10am


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! :-)

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Registered: 06-01-2003
Wed, 08-18-2004 - 9:43am
The War On Waste:

"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

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Registered: 04-16-2004
Wed, 08-18-2004 - 3:10pm
You have to couple that with the GAO report on the Department of Education missing billions from their budget during the late 1990's as well.

I guess the government was using Arthur Andersen as their accountants back then.

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