[coconutt2000]

On average, residents get only two hours of electricity a day,

Who wants to bet that they're averaging in homes that don't have any electrical hookups in order to bring down the average?

[oldbill]

Here's a guy who has never heard of the Broken Windows Theory.

Look at any picture of an Iraqi city and you will see that their electrical grid is a mishmash of wires that anybody just ties into.

Look Mayor - you and your citizens get off your fat Iraqi asses and start cleaning up your own streets, protecting your own wiring grid, and stop waiting for us to do it.

Where the hell did these lazy bastards come from - New Orleans?

[gaijin]

Worked in NYC, can work in Baghdad. FIRST, HONOR YOUR CITY. If you don't do that FIRST, the rest doesn't really matter, now does it?

[GoldCountryRedneck]

And I'll bet that, under Saddam, his complaints carried a lot of weight! /sarc

[Redbob]

I can see the "entitlement mentality" is thriving in Iraq; this boob must have been educated somewhere in the U.S., probably in a big Eastern city...

[Dilbert56]

Since terrorists hide IEDs in garbage this is a wise precaution.

[McGavin999]

Occupation? We haven't "occupied" Iraq for years now. The country was turned back over to the Iraqis. We're just there trying to help them get on their feet. The mayor wants us to take care of them as though they were children. Sorry mayor, we'll gladly help you but you have to help yourselves.

[bnelson44]

Baghdad's mayor lashed out at the United States yesterday – for spending huge sums on projects to collect rubbish and plant trees while his devastated war-torn city struggles without electricity.

Rudy needs to talk to this guy about the broken window theory that turned NYC around.

[ReignOfError]

There have been a lot of odd priorities, but I can't fault this one. Heaps of roadside trash are a hiding place for roadside bombs. There should be no such heaps. The power, water, and sewer projects can get underway as soon as the folks working them aren't being BLOWN THE HELL UP.

[lndrvr1972]

What more do they want? The Iraqi government needs to pick up the slack. Not speaking metaphoracly.

[RunningWolf]

Well he has a point you know. And that he feels comfortable enough to express his opinion like that to the US, I see it as a very good sign.

Since we did occupy them, we do need to deliver IMO. But we need their help making that in our civilian-interest (contracts) to do so :-)

IOW, I hope the Iraqis understand they have a huge cash cow to milk, and for that reason they should not abandon the USA, but draw us more near to them!!

IMO, The Bush Doctrine at work.

[jokar]

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