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Ed Gadziemski

that UN is laying out What say does the UN have? They didn't prevent the current war. If you meant the US, then what say will they have in the future? After they leave (in about 6 months; short attention span), Iraqis will do whatever they want. Those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin

brianwelsch

I wasn't trying to point to anyone in particular. :cool: The other factors in re-building will be the difference in infrastructure, etc. between the two countries. Iraq is more developed already (even with things being blown up presently), and so refactoring will be faster. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security

Lost User

MS le Roux wrote: AFAIK the US helped Japan and Germany to rebuild after WWII, which is part of the reason they're so prosperous today. Let's also not forget that the Japanese and Germans took an active roll in their rebuilding process. They were actively involved and took control where they could. So far in Afghanistan, I've not seen the same spirit. Instead we get fighting among tribes and sects and such. :| Mike Mullikin :beer:

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Richard Stringer

MS le Roux wrote: If they helped Afghanistan to rebuild, perhaps they would become prosperous, instead of yet again being a breeding ground for terrorists and oppressors. You sanctimonial idiots amaze me. Rebuild WHAT. There was nothing in Afghanistan of any substance in the first place. Maybe you want us to build all this good stuff like power plants, power distribution systems,airports,water and sewage systems,highways, and the infrastructure needed to maintain it out of the goodness of our hearts and while we are doing it make sure that we award the contracts to Swiss, French and German firms to show we have no secret agenda of ' americanizing' the place. Well kiss my patooie. Richard In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles

Richard Stringer

Pavel Klocek wrote: Maybe, but also there was the was the strugle between USSR and USA, which were dividing Europe. Which part of Europe did the US get ? I looked but couldn't find it. Richard In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles

Lost User

I don't think US is going to pull out military from there ever. like in Japan, Germany, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and a lot of other places. So weapons are not a concern. But, my question was regarding the economy. If all rebuilding and oil contracts are already handed out, what authority will an elected government have to change those? My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

brianwelsch

Ed Gadziemski wrote: After they leave (in about 6 months; short attention span), Just like we pulled out Germany and Japan after a few months... oh wait, we're still there nevermind.... Maybe your referring to Afghanist.. No still there too. Must be Korea, ....*googles*..... No. apparently we're still over there, as well.. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security

Ed Gadziemski

Osama who? Gonna bring our boys homes - George W. Bush, 2000 presidential election America shouldn't be in the business of nation building - George W. Bush, 2000 presidential election Those willing to trade liberty for security deserve neither - Benjamin Franklin

KaRl

Chris Losinger wrote: they're all US companies So, no place for the Allies, hum? The brits must be delighted.

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brianwelsch

Ed Gadziemski wrote: Osama who? They sent 1,000 soldiers after al Queda members last Wednesday/Thursday. They haven't caught OBL, but they have not given up on that. BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security

Bedri Egrilmez

The following from 'Global Policy': The United States has eliminated the Taliban, but what is in its place? The president Hamid Karzai has little popular support. He relies on the backing of the US (even his bodyguards are mostly US Special Operations soldiers) and is at the mercy of various warlords, also backed by the US. Peter Singer of the Brookings Institution calls him "basically the mayor of Kabul during daylight hours." So the US has eliminated one source of instability in Afghanistan, and replaced it with another, which it (partially) controls. The prospects are just as bleak for Iraq, if the US decides to engage in the kind of "regime change" and "nation building" it implemented in Afghanistan.

jan larsen

It's actually not true, Danish companies have been urged by the US to bid on various contracts. Just a bit of blood money X| "After all it's just text at the end of the day. - Colin Davies "For example, when a VB programmer comes to my house, they may say 'does your pool need cleaning, sir ?' " - Christian Graus

KaRl

Thanks for the correction Another proof of the will of the US to avoid an UN leadership in the rebuilt on Iraq

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Pavel Klocek

The most visible part of the border between the two parts was The Berlin Wall. Pavel Sonork 100.15206