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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch

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To: stockman_scott who wrote (19271)5/20/2003 12:50:43 PM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
zero reconstruction in Afghany in 19 months
that is your clue about Iraqi reconstruction
of course, I mean outside the oil fields

our motives are becoming plain & clear
1. grab oil fields
2. grab airbases for military
3. force conversion of oil to dollars

no Weapons of Mass Destruction
no protection of Iraqi Musem, saving antiquities
no protection of nuclear radioactive materials at various sites
no open bidding for oil upgrade contracts
no reconstruction

latest, shoot looters no sight
the liberation has now transformed into occupation
the natives are happier, now playing soccer and chanting Shiite stuff

I dont expect any reconstruction
only more snipers

I will admit to being dead wrong about resistance to defend Baghdad
their army was far more ragtag and coerced into service than I imagined

look to Afghanistan as the model
not a single road
now regular skirmishes, ambushes, and violence
many old tribes are on the loose, operating at night
chaos is returning
too bad Afghans have no oil
we would care more
/ jim
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