[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Armed With Iran's Millions, Fighters Turn To Rebuilding

A caller on El-Rushbo today made the excellent point of how the MSM highlights the Hezbos' reconstruction of Lebanon, but what of our military's far more numerous reconstruction projects in Iraq?

The US is only dedicating hundreds of billions to the reconstruction of Iraq.

Iran is dedicating millions to the reconstruction of Lebanon! </sarcasm>

[A. Pole]

The US is only dedicating hundreds of billions to the reconstruction of Iraq. Iran is dedicating millions to the reconstruction of Lebanon!

I do not know about US dedicating hundreds of billions and Hezbollah/Iran contribution is going to be much larger than few millions.

Still, the key thing is to remember that US billions might be going to US based contractors and cost of US operations while Hezbollah/Iran's millions go to the local people whose services are incomparably cheaper.

In addition the money paid to the Lebanese workers will circulate locally causing multiplier effect and their efforts will not be sabotaged by the insurgents. Also the south of Lebanon has the population several times smaller.

So 10 million there might equal at least US billion in Iraq.