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To: Michael Watkins who wrote (14231)	12/1/2004 12:07:24 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 20773

Re: Mortgage someone else future is just another way of implementing tyranny. Of course this scheme only works if you get to install a government (currently Allawi, hand picked by the US) that will play ball and pay the bills later. Precisely the point that "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man", John Perkins made in his informative interview on Democracy NOW!: democracynow.org Re: What happens if a more independent government is elected? Argentina.

To: Michael Watkins who wrote (14231)	12/1/2004 8:49:20 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

I'm glad you acknowledge that 1546 did ... establish legitimacy on paper of the Interim Iraqi Government. Re. .. no Iraqi citizen had a say in, Of course they had never had a say anytime in the past. But that will be remedied. Iraq's infrastructure was in terrible shape prior to the war also. The former President preferred to spend the country's money on arms and palaces rather than upkeep. What happens if a more independent government is elected? Worried about the new gov'ts financing? Well, they're a major oil producer, prices are unlikely to crash back to the teens. So perhaps they'll be able to muddle through.