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To: hmaly who wrote (161149)	2/16/2003 12:07:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576263

Ted Re...And once we do get the wells producing, can you imagine the global outcry when we try to dip into the "Iraqi legacy" even if it is to help the Iraqis. What legacy are you talking about? Who else would normally pay for fixing up what they own. Its not like the europeans will be there and have a right to the money. The Iraq provisional gov. has every right to spend their money as they see fit. You are so full of moral indignation and self righteosness that you can't see how this nasty action proposed by Bush is viewed by the rest of the world. Any provisional gov't will be seen as a puppet of the US and that we set it up so we can get a cut of the oil money. So then.....if you don't plan on spending any US money for the rebuilding, then we best do the war, set up a provisional gov't and leave. Based on the numbers below, I estimate conservatively this war will cost us at least $139 billion. $139 billion is peanuts. How much does Saddam spend every yr. on his palaces. The simple fact is 9/11 cost us trillions. A 1% reduction in the US growth rate costs us 100 bil. Our economy will stagnate until Iraq is taken care of. So if we wait a yr. to go, it would cost us more than $300 bil, in lost growth, just to wait. In addition, if we can get the terrorist out of the middle east, the growth there could be phenomenal, so to do nothing costs more the longer we wait. Ten yrs and we will be another Japan. Sorry........your comments above are so ludicrous, they're not worth responding to. Next you will be telling that war is good for humans, it makes children grow up healthier. ted