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To: i-node who wrote (162314)	2/27/2003 12:30:10 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1587657

States with such terrible ethnic infighting cannot rebuild themselves. Bull. This isn't an Afghanistan. Iraq is exceptionally wealth. Money solves a lot of problems. Let me see......the history of this region tells us there has been ethnic infighting for centuries. Currently, there are Iranians moving in from the East, Turks moving in from the North, and the Kurds are setting up their position. Yeah, you're right......there's no ethnic infighting. ted

To: i-node who wrote (162314)	2/27/2003 1:35:48 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1587657

>Bull. This isn't an Afghanistan. Iraq is exceptionally wealth. Money solves a lot of problems. For one, the per capita income has dropped significantly in the past ten years in Iraq. Also, the money's in the hands of Hussein. Do you think that if the money is just taken from him and redistributed, all will be well? No, it'll be just like in every other Arab regime- the warlords/leaders will stow away the money and leave the people poor. The Kurd and Shiite leaders are also not that unlikely to impose a Taliban sortof government. We have to make sure the money is used to build social programs (god, I'm a token liberal), and that we teach the Iraqis how to harness their oil and manpower for positive good. That'll take time. -Z