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To: lurqer who wrote (27337)	9/11/2003 12:00:08 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 89467

Neocon scorecard In their own words: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's budget director predicted Iraq would be "an affordable endeavor" and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once declared: "I don't know that there is much reconstruction to do."" famulus.msnbc.com And today, Sen Levin to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul W. Wolfowitz: ""And, Mr. Wolfowitz, you told Congress in March that, quote, `We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon,' close quote. Talk about rosy scenarios!"" nytimes.com And President Bush, in his speech to the nation on Sunday: ""Yet we will do what is necessary, we will spend what is necessary, to achieve this essential victory in the war on terror, to promote freedom and to make our own nation more secure," he declared, as he hit Congress up for a whopping $87 billion dollar handout." And this, on top of the $79 billion that was already spent this year. alternet.org