[Eala]

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[elbucko]

I don't have enough information to judge one way or the other.

I don't think any of us do, even the President and that's not a criticism. The Marshall Plan was an obvious huge success in Europe, esp. Germany, Scandinavia and Italy. Iraq is a bit different. It has the potential for an enormous income from its oil resources, therefore the US doesn't need to finance its rebuilding. The problems are that the infrastructure of Iraq is more more obsolete and ill-maintained than we thought and there still Hussein's thugs willing to cause death and destruction.