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To: KonKilo who wrote (102832)	6/25/2003 4:18:09 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

I meant we wanted to see an approach that involved the free world's cooperation and approval, especially after the war was won. What? So you're telling me that the "free world" suddenly doesn't care about the plight of the Iraqi people, just because it was the US/UK which forced the regime change? Come on.. The Iraqi people have seen the "benefit" of the UN's concern through the corruption of the oil for food program, where little benefit actually trickled down to the people. All of that poverty we see on the news was not created by the US action, but because the UN permitted a brutal international criminal (for his invasion of Kuwait, if anything) to remain in power. What I'm talking about is the fact that we obviously didn't plan for civil affairs units to have the resources and manpower necessary to conduct rehabilitation and rebuilding operations. To provide the money needed to pay ex-army soldiers to work on civil projects, even if only assuring the garbage was collected. Money is a great "social lubricant". Keep (get) the people working so that they feel they are a part of the rebirth of their nation. Force Iraqi managers to perform, and if they don't replace them with those who can accomplish the jobs they are assigned. We don't need to do everything. We need to facilitate the Iraqi people to do it for themselves, and carry the economic burden until their own sources of economic wealth (oil) come back online. Hawk