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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (93682)	4/15/2003 2:12:22 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

<<<But if you see the news footage, outside of Baghdad and Basra and some of the larger cities, most of the town streets aren't even paved.They have a hell of a lot of catching up to do.>>> I am very optimistic that the Iraqis will catch on to efficient industry. We often leave lots of equipment like bulldozers lying around that they can put to good use. The citizens will finally have some money or income and will be looking to buy cars, which will require road work. A good project for the new government, a Federal(?) highway program . And zero interest , nothing down loans to buy cars with. Who will get there first? Ford, GM?(G) Bakeries ( might take a while for them to go from tasty brick oven baked bread to the thin sliced white flour Ms Bairds bread), printing presses, cement and asphalt plants, tire manufacturers. service stations. If they can build and or modify those rockets, they should be able to handle the consumer products Naturally, I am speaking from the viewpoint of American goals and definitions of progress, and the new Iraq government will tend to go in that direction too on behalf of the economy. The question remains whether the religious leaders will recognize any value in industrialization and whether they will discourage such activities. Sig@whynot.com