Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

Originally Posted by tw

The United States spends more money on Iraqi aid then is spent to aid all African nations combined

Every dime the US has sent to Africa has been ripped off by their leaders. It never gets to the people. Are you suggesting we should be sending more?

still Saddam was able to provide Iraqis with more.

More torture, murder, rape, sadism, etc. Zero freedom.

not a good thing that we have saved the Iraqi people from themselves?

So you really think Saddam and his sons reflected the desires of Iraqis?

That our president is a business major who knows how to get things done - in Iraq as in New Orleans?

He got Afghanistan done. He got Saddam done. He'll get NO done (once they can stop the local crooks and politicans from ripping off the levy reconstruction funds as they've all done over the years.)

From the NY Times of 9 Feb 2006:
Virtually every measure of the performance of Iraq's oil, electricity, water and sewerage sectors has fallen below preinvasion values even though $16 billion of American taxpayer money has already been disbursed in the Iraq reconstruction program, several government witnesses said at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Wednesday.

There were probably others who said just the opposite but weren't quoted. At any rate, the rate will continue to improve as democracy kicks in and the radicals, insurgents, etc. are prevented from destroying everything we build for the Iraqis.