[Wil H]

It may sound unreal, given the daily images of carnage and chaos....

No, it's the image you are painting, you media morons, that is unreal.

The economy exposes the truth.

[GOP_1900AD]

If we cut and run the Iraqis will simply do business with others. We'd be the biggest losers.

[trek]

Of course the economy is booming in Iraq now. There is going to be all kinds of good news now that the Democrat Party has ascended to power.

[Busywhiskers]

Sort of ironic that a company that provides the means for detonating IEDs has to have a fat security expense in the budget.

[WideGlide]

Civil war or not, Iraq has an economy, and—mother of all surprises—it's doing remarkably well.

Well what do you say we send them that invoice for ohhhh..let's make it a progress payment for earned value. Send us $150 Billion now and $150 Billion next year Mustaqffa. You can keep the blown up Humvees.

[My2Cents]

It may sound unreal, given the daily images of carnage and chaos.

No, because I know the MSM focuses on the carnage and chaos, and has largely ignored the progress in Iraq over the past 3-1/2 years.

[lonestar67]

Now that the public has been blackmailed into 'doing the right thing at the ballot box' the media lifts some of its embargo on success in Iraq.

Wow! Life in Iraq might be much much better than it was under Saddam.

Keep voting democrat and will tell you the whole story- MSM

But remember if you misbehave at the ballot box we will have to undermine your troops in the field-- so be good cause we know who has been naughty or nice.-- MSM

[colorado tanker]

The violence is mostly in Baghdad and the Sunni Triangle, so this isn't surprising. I would incline toward the higher growth number. With a weak government, the black market must be huge.

[tomnbeverly]

WOW amazing if you get rid of enemy propaganda in our media and tell the stories of the good you find there is actually really good news out of Iraq... hmmm I gues its all because the Democrats are in charge now right?

[BlownChevelle]

It would seem to me there's tons of money to be made in building out a new, 21st century high tech infrastructure there. They had some of that before the war, but they also have a chance to really scoot to the forefront of technology now.

My hobbies: Extreme Flashlights - Extreme Cars - Lemon Law/Buybacks - Metal Detecting

[M203M4]

Stop the presses! The democrats haven't taken over yet. :p

It is nice to read this sort of news (in a departure from the norm, I really want to have been wrong initially on Iraq). If the economy really is dramatically improving in Iraq, the death-cult message of the terrorists and insurgents will soon fail to find many sympathetic ears. Like has already been stated in the thread, the economy, as always, exposes the truth.

[Allegra]

Civil war or not, Iraq has an economy, and—mother of all surprises—it's doing remarkably well.

Yes, the economy is on the upswing.

But just FYI, Newsweek, (as they very well know), there is NOT a civil war.

[L,TOWM]

Real estate is booming

Very poor choice of phrases here...
;-)

[libill]

I am very happy to see this here and posted prominently on the Matt Drudge's site.

Why is this such a secret? We know this. This is preaching to the choir. I want to know why it was not used by the RNC?

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I was wondering ? if and when the Iraq economy and government gets prosperous, will they pay us ( the USA ) back for the expenses ? for getting rid of Saddam and the war and helping them get back on their feet ?

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

Saddam had assured the Dems that all these economic policies were being implemented, after reading Milton Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom. In fact, the economic boom would be further along, especially with the success of the oil for food program, without the interventionist policies of the Bush administration.

[FlyVet]

Darn those capitalists! I'm surprised Mess NBC dares report this.

I remember how amazed I was at a news segment, maybe a week after Kandahar fell, in Afghanistan. There were merchants selling satellite dishes, beautifully made from a patchwork of sheet metal from old aerosol cans. Very innovative people.

[ritewingwarrior]

"The U.S. wanted to create the conditions in which small-scale private enterprise could blossom," says Jan Randolph, head of sovereign risk at Global Insight. "In a sense, they've succeeded."

Bet that hurt for Newsweek to print.

[Reagan Man]

In between all the chaos and anarchy, all the crime and killing, there thrives a libertarian oasis in Iraq. LOL ~sarc~

[InvisibleChurch]

How could Iraq possibly be making any money since we went in there to take all their oil?