Why Iraq is a success: Kevin McCullough presents skyrocketing economic stats

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 12/22/06 | Kevin McCullough

[SierraWasp]

He's gone "all wobbly" as Maggie Thatcher had to warn Ronald Reagan not to do at one point!!! In just two short years, from a smashing re-election to a complete over-reaction to a normal off-year congressional "correction," he just goes completely "wobbly!"

But we have good news here and I'm thankful that at least a few here at FR can dig it out from under the pile of proverbial BS from the drive by MSM!!! They so desperately wish to punish the American people with another "quagmire!"

Grampa Dave made the ultimate "point" on this whole discussion of Iraq on the thread about Iraq suing over the Oil For Food scandal. I think I'll go get a link right now!

[SierraWasp]

Try this quick link.

[varon]

imagine enjoying Iraq's GDP growth of 13 percent in 2006 – which followed a record year in 2005 of 17 percent.

Since 2003, the salaries of average Iraqis have risen in excess of 100 percent. In addition, the Iraqi government has slashed the income tax rates from 45 percent to just around 15 percent. That has resulted in the average Iraqi family being able to develop long-term nest eggs (we call them IRAs).

I'm not a bit surprised at these numbers because first, they are increases from a zero base, secondly the economic growth overall is a temporary illusion because it represents the infusion of billions of US dollars for "nation building" and will evaporate once our congress comes to their senses.

[GretchenM]

bttt

[GretchenM]

Thanks so much for the ping to this.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks.

One of the probable main reasons the lefties of America don't want a strong and viable Iraq is the possibility of them being linked to war crimes against the Iraqi people.

[kitkat]

You're most welcome, GEM.

[samtheman]

It's not a matter of paint on flowerboxes. The economy is booming. The price of gasoline is 56 cents a gallon. Hardly the "south wall caving in". I don't know what you're peddling here. Do you? Why don't you name it. Cut to the chase. Quit beating around the bush. Out with it.

[gusopol3]

I wouldn't make this guy's argument to a critic of the war because it's not convincing. Period. Besides , if the cell phones that work so well are enabling the insurgents to communicate and blow up our troops, take the cell phone towers down.

[gusopol3]

Yesterday, on ABC's This Week, Gen. Jack Keane, former acting chief of staff and vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army, discussed "Choosing Victory: A Plan for Success" in Iraq. Video of the exchange Keane had with the newly elected Cong. Joe Sestak, a retired vice admiral who advocates troop withdrawals, may be found here. Gen. Keane on… How the plan would work: “Well, first of all, security is the dominating issue in Iraq. I mean, it is the necessary precondition to have political and economic success and it subsumes all the other issues. Now what we're talking about here is the security plan being part of a comprehensive strategy that uses all the other elements of national power, political, economic and diplomatic, but we want to talk about military here, we will. In terms of the strategy itself, it's a fundamental change in the mission. The mission, people are focusing on the surge of the troops, but the essence of it is we changed the mission to the security of the people in Baghdad. We've never taken that on as a military mission before. Our mission has been transition to the Iraqi security forces and we made some inadequate attempts to secure Baghdad twice in the past.”

[Terpfen]

Don't forget the cut-and-run conservatives.

[america-rules]

In the last two years my opinion of the GOP and conservatives has changed forever and not for the good !

I'm ready for a third party valled the "security" Party !

[Terpfen]

If you feel like throwing your vote away, don't let me stop you.

[samtheman]

I wouldn't make this guy's argument to a critic of the war because it's not convincing. Period.

Not convincing to you. Period.

And not an argument about the war but a fact about the conditions in Iraq. Period.

I don't know why you're making more out of this than it is, a simple statement of the actual conditions in Iraq. You must have some hidden agenda to be so utterly blind to what's being said here. What is it? Question mark.

[samtheman]

I wouldn't make this guy's argument to a critic of the war because it's not convincing. Period.

So let me get this straight. If it can't convince a war critic, then that means it's not true? Question mark.

That's like saying "Don't try to show that tax cuts boost revenue. You'll never convince the Democrats of that argument."

You could basically say something like that about everything and end all argument. Period.

Just because an argument is unconvincing to a group of self-deluded, around-the-bend fanatics --- a group that does happen to include a bunch of traitors --- doesn't mean the argument is unsound! Exclamation mark.

[samtheman]

The mission, people are focusing on the surge of the troops, but the essence of it is we changed the mission to the security of the people in Baghdad. We've never taken that on as a military mission before.

And that invalidates the argument that Iraq's economy is booming? How?

[gusopol3]

here's why gas is 56c/gal, for instance: An estimated 100,000 barrels of oil is smuggled from Iraq each day, according to Saad Rahim, manager of PFC Energy's Country Strategies Group. "It's certainly an impact being felt throughout Iraq," Rahim told UPI, as gasoline shortages, long lines at filling stations and a heavy gas subsidy have fueled a crude black market.

I'll link in a minute.

[gusopol3]

http://www.upi.com/Energy/view.php?StoryID=20061212-081324-7320r

[photodawg]

it will only be convincing when the oil production exceeds 3/03 levels.

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Convincing to whom. The facts stated in the article are convincing to anyone with an objective open mind. Are you saying there are not enough of these in America? I would tend to agree. That means however, that oil production could double pre war levels and still wouldn't be accepted as evidence of success. Much of America is invested in failure in Iraq. It is our duty to expand the base of Americans who are not propagandized by the leftist agenda. The facts in this article are irrefutable proof that the story we are being handed is a flagrant distortion of the truth.

[photodawg]

The President needs to put this information in a speech...wishful thinking.

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The President has no credibility with the American people at this point, the democrats and the media have seen to that. We are the people who have to make these claims. There has to be a pro Iraq movement in this country. Citizens have to support the efforts of the executive branch on this issue. Instead we kicked congress in the butt throwing the baby out with the bath water. Our message has to be, we are killing terrorists, we are implementing democracy, we are protecting our interests, we are building a free economy, and we are succeeding in Iraq. Any deviation from this message aid the enemy, the media, and the democrats.