US warned of long costly stay in Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

Now they warn us? Gee thanks. For nothing.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030827/pl_afp/us_iraq&cid=1521&ncid=1480

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Five months after the fall of Baghdad the US administration admitted there would be a long and costly stay in Iraq while it considered making some concessions to the United Nations to get more international support.

Paul Bremer, the top US administrator in Iraq, said tens of billions of dollars would have to be spent rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure, though he expressed optimism for the country's future.

Meeting Iraq's electrical demand alone would require two billion dollars and 12 months of work, while providing clean water would cost 16 billion dollars over four years, Bremer told The Washington Post in an interview.

Overall, he estimated reconstruction would cost "several tens of billions of dollars".

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[Jacobin]

1. but but but but check the other thread!!!

Richard Perle just said we should leave ASAP and turn over the reigns to Iraq because we fucked up!!!!

Can't they get their stories straight? Or is Perle sucking up to France so he can seek asylum from war crimes?

[saigon68]

7. probably n/t

[jayfish]

2. Not Only Is This One Of The Greatest Injustices...

in the history of the world, but it looks like the USA will be bankrupted because of it.

Jay

[NNN0LHI]

4. Hey, no problem. As Bush says, "Its your money" n/t

[saigon68]

3. GOOD TO SEE WE HAVE NO SCHOOLS TO FUND INSTEAD

Or seniors to provide prescriptions to

Or Veterans to heal

Or Homeless to shelter

Or Hungry to feed

Or medical treatment to give

Or roads to fix

Add more here.

SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IS MAKING A KILLING OFF THIS.

[jayfish]

5. Weren’t we just hearing,...

a few weeks ago, that is was going to cost 10-30 billion to modernize our electrical grid and that was just so much money. We’ve spent well over that in Iraq already and it doesn’t even look like we have broken a sweat... yet.

Jay

[saigon68]

6. A DROP IN THE BUCKET

what we HAVE spent will pale in comparison, to what we WILL SPEND.