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Bush ponders £10bn New Deal to create jobs in Iraq
The Sunday Times ^
| December 24, 2006
| Sarah Baxter
Posted on 12/23/2006 7:34:08 PM PST by MadIvan
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Iraqis have oil. It's not America's fault if they don't use that wealth properly.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:34:12 PM PST
by
MadIvan
To: Mrs Ivan; odds; DCPatriot; Texican; Watery Tart; Deetes; Barset; fanfan; LadyofShalott; Tolik; ...
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:34:26 PM PST
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: MadIvan
This is Newt's contrabution?
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:35:49 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
To: MadIvan
The plan is to extend significantly Chiarellis innovative use of Sweat teams (responsible for sewage, water, electricity and trash) to back up military operations. From what my son tells me, these guys are sorely needed.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:36:54 PM PST
by
bnelson44
(Proud parent of a tanker! (We are going to win!))
To: MadIvan
Interesting that he seems to be ignoring James Baker, his father's pal.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:39:48 PM PST
by
aculeus
To: MadIvan
Just as Government can't produce jobs in the US, it can't produce jobs in Iraq.
Perhaps he is trying to get them saddled with Socialism, to prevent them from being a threat again, just as Germany is no longer a threat to us.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:41:17 PM PST
by
donmeaker
(If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy!" then my ex wife is out of town.)
To: MadIvan
Weren't we told, in the early days of the Iraq War, that Iraq would pay for the war itself, through oil revenues?
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:42:22 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: MadIvan
Holy...! Well that's definately the most un-conservative act one can expect, but if it's used in a Marshall-Plan manner (and it better does...) it can work out well. It has to be used in very specific projects.
On the other hand the money could be invested in striking the sh*t out of Iran... this would bring peace to Iraq more than anything else. Reconstruction can be done afterwards.
That being said my conservative heart revolts...
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:45:31 PM PST
by
SolidWood
To: MadIvan
About $80 billion have already been flushed down the toilet of Iraq 'reconstruction' so why should we expect that another $10 billion will do the trick?
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:46:11 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: MadIvan
Sure borrow money to give away, nuts.
Would everybody love me if I was able to borrow enough money to give everybody a $10,000?
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:46:48 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
To: MadIvan
How reliable is this source?
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:47:02 PM PST
by
kinoxi
To: TomGuy
We were told a lot of things in the begining,it never ends.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:48:30 PM PST
by
Plains Drifter
(America First, Last, and Always!!!)
To: All; MadIvan
.
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President BUSH has promised...
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Communist North Korea
Communist Cuba
..as well as..
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:50:25 PM PST
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: MadIvan
what do Republicans is newly competitive
districts think about this?
those stupid s^^^^ are going to get slaughtered
in the next election
thanks for throwing Congress under the bus,
mr bush
To: MadIvan
About time. Next they should put a serious buyback program for guns and explosives in place. Mop it all up. Flood the place with money, makework projects, and buyback programs. It'll be cheaper in the long run.
To: MadIvan
Americans have already spent nearly $40 billion on economic aid for Iraq, much of which has been squandered.Yep, and the rest of the world has flushed an additional $40 billion into that cesspool. Squandered? What they mean to say is that the security environment is so dreadful that as much as half of the funds in many projects goes toward providing security, that projects are frequently abandoned because of the deteriorating security situation, and that much of what does get built soon gets wrecked again.
What exactly has changed so that the next $10 billion will be any different?
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:51:56 PM PST
by
AntiGuv
("..I do things for political expediency.." - Sen. John McCain on FOX News)
To: MadIvan
Socialism is a preferable ideology when compared to Jihadism. If it calms those nuts down. I say do it. It will be a drop in the bucket compared to what we have already spent.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:52:14 PM PST
by
nitzy
(America is a nation not an economy)
To: aculeus
Baker's suggestions amounted to having lots of meetings and letting the Muslims drive Israel into the Mediterranean.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:52:22 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Democracy: The worst form of government, except for all the others.)
To: MadIvan
It's hard to see how this will help. History indicates that when you give money to corrupt or inept governments, it is totally wasted.
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:55:27 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: MadIvan
I was wondering the same thing.....Why don't we get our oil from Iraq, at reasonable pricing of course....I assume there is a legit reason and if someone could 'splain that to me I would be grateful
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posted on
12/23/2006 7:57:47 PM PST
by
Kimmers
(It's not what you take when you leave this world behind, it's what you leave behind when you go)
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