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America Puts Iraq Up For Sale
Independent (UK) ^ | 9-22-2003 | Philip Thornton/Andrew Gumbel

Posted on 09/21/2003 2:45:03 PM PDT by blam

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To: blam
The Independent is deeply saddened.
21 posted on 09/22/2003 8:03:59 AM PDT by Sparta (CLARK 2004: Psychotic, perfumed prince, globalist, Clintonista, Saddam lover. What's not to love.)
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To: blam
"Five months after the overthrow of Saddam, despite billions of dollars worth of contracts won by American companies, there are no visible signs of reconstruction. Clean water and electricity are still not available to most people."

Complete and utter horse methane. Even the most pessimistic of media admit that the power is on almost constantly all over the country, and that the water system is on constantly. If it were NOT, you can bet it would be in every news report. There is lots of visible construction and re-construction in every part of the country. This guy is just another Baghdad Bob.

Michael

22 posted on 09/22/2003 8:08:50 AM PDT by Wright is right! (Have a profitable day!)
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To: kneejerk-free
Right. Obviously Saddam distributed the water and electricity much more equitably. (Always on in the rape rooms no doubt.) Cleary we should shove the children back into the prisons, dump the skeletons back into the mass graves, and let Saddam reinstate his socialist paradise.
26 posted on 09/23/2003 1:08:58 AM PDT by Stultis
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The paper is reporting the absolute God's truth in this instance.

Yes, they are reporting the truth insofar as reporting that the United States and the Coalition are doing everything possible to make Iraq attractive to capital investment; which is absolutely vital to any developing country, indeed to any economically healthy country whatsoever. The fact that they are clearly upset about this, and consider such provision for future Iraqi prosperity a betrayal of Iraq (not to mention their embedding this editorial perspective in what is supposedly a news story) clearly indicates their over-the-top, extremist, far-left perspective.

Please point out to me any of their "blatant Lies" and I'd be glad to examine them.

No visible signs of reconstruction? Please! It's all over the country. Hell, I watched the four day C-SPAN special on "Rebuidling Iraq" and saw it for myself, both work well in progress and completed work, and that was nearly 3 months ago!

27 posted on 09/23/2003 1:19:56 AM PDT by Stultis
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Why is it that if anyone disagrees with an American action, that they're all of a sudden "friends of the enemy"?

Because there is no apparent motivation in subverting the creation of a free and successful Iraq through blatantly slanted and false reporting except for love of totalitarianism or hatred of America (or of liberal civilization generally).

28 posted on 09/23/2003 1:26:18 AM PDT by Stultis
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"...Sounds like a prescription for prosperity"

Only for those who already have money. Not at all for the Iraqi people.

Newbie, anti-capitalist, potential disrupter. Keep an eye on this one.

29 posted on 09/23/2003 1:28:30 AM PDT by Stultis
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