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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (458957)9/15/2003 2:15:10 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
"The increase in our GDP created by a liberated Iraq will be many more times that cost."

>>> Why is that? Seems like it would be Iraq's GDP that would improve.... Surely you don't think our trade with Iraq would increase by multiples of that figure... so, how would any of that flow through to our US GDP?

>>> Oil gets sourced from the lowest cost equivalent supplier... and I don't see us eating that much more in dates.