Bush Cuts Off Cash For Rebuilding Iraq

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 1-3-2006 | Alec Russell

[AndrewB]

So that's why I saw a flock of pigs flying on my way home this evening.

Indeed. They just flew out of my butt and sprouted wings.

[Billthedrill]

It'll look like this: Bush Concedes Defeat In Iraq

LOL! I posted just about the same thing in another thread a minute ago but you put it better than I did. What we're watching is a fantasy world under construction. I don't feel sorry for the inhabitants - it's a self-inflicted wound.

[MinuteGal]

What's been happening to the profits from the Iraqi oil industry?

This seems to be a pretty well-kept secret.

Leni

[Mr Cobol]

The oil that Iraq is selling can pay for the upgrading of Iraq as well as repay the US for their liberation. But that's just me.

[IonInsights]

It's a MESS no matter how you look at it.

It's Victory no matter how you look at it, idiot.

[F16Fighter]

Heck, what happened -- did the U.S Treasury printing presses run out of ink??

[billbears]

the President can present a supplemental at any time.

Oh yes, why not waste even more tax dollars? What the heck, it's just a printing machine up there in Washington right?

[Cobra64]

Since all the Libs are saying it's blood for oil, I'd start taking a huge percentage of their oil output for funding our presence in Iraq. Make it a zero sum game from a dollar perspective.

As for our guys who died or wounded there; there is no dollar amount that can replace their lives, or soothe the hurt, felt sorrow, and despair, from their families...

[ClaireSolt]

When Chalibi was in Washington, he said their budget showed a $5b surplus from their oil sales.

[tjg]

"The Bush Administration has decided to stop funding Iraq reconstruction efforts. Uh oh, that means that the administration's own strategy for Iraq victory is now kaput."

The above was posted on the front page of KOS. Pretty close.