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To: Graystone who wrote (93353)4/14/2003 12:47:52 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
I am not aware of anyone who has averred that the war in Iraq is about installing a capitalist economy.


Oh, I think you will see the normal, "mixed economy" that you might expect, Graystone. The Gov will keep the oil, there will be a lot of the normal ME "Squeeze" to get licenses for a lot of business, and there will be a huge growth in small business. But the days of the Fascist food distributions are over, I think. We will dump a lot of AID food in there from NGOs that will hold down and distort the market like it always does.



To: Graystone who wrote (93353)4/14/2003 9:51:20 AM
From: Sun Tzu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
> Democracy is freedom to choose, not a selection of goods in the supermarket

Did I ever argue otherwise? You seem to think that I am defending a position that I am not. I simply pointed out that Iraqis will have greater freedom and better order than during Saddam. I never said we are there to establish democracy or great laws.


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