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Re: Bush defends exclusion order on contracts
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:47:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford wrote:
> http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=13332930
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> "It is very simple. Our people risk their lives. Friendly coalition folks risk
> their lives. And, therefore, the contracting is going to reflect that. And that
> is what the US taxpayers expect,"
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> Surprise, surprise, the invasion was more about control than terrorism.
I'm not really surprised are you.
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> And then:
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> http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2003/s1008494.htm
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> "...after barring major European countries from bidding for the most lucrative
> reconstruction contracts in Iraq, President Bush is now asking those same
> countries for help in forgiving Iraq's debt."
Wait why would Iraq have a debt? Saddam's regime had a debt but what does that
have to do with Iraq? Of course that is the only reason certain countries
opposed military action in the first place.
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> Is that incredible optimism, incredibly bad timing, incredible arrogance, or
> incredible stupidity?
I would have to say incredible stupidity. The Iraqi people owe nothing to those
who lent money to Saddam anyway. Just as the US taxpayers should expect no
return on helping the Iraqi people get rid of his rule.
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) Who else should pay it. When a company gets a new CEO, does its debt usually get wiped? (...) That may be a reason for some *individuals* to appose the invasion. However, it does not explain the millions across the world who opposed the war; (...) (21 years ago, 15-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (URL) is very simple. Our people risk their lives. Friendly coalition folks risk their lives. And, therefore, the contracting is going to reflect that. And that is what the US taxpayers expect," Surprise, surprise, the invasion was more about (...) (21 years ago, 12-Dec-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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