joanna bujes wrote:
2. "Reconstruct and liberate" the country and pay for it by appropriating all the wealth and natural resources of the country, which you then sell off to those who are willing to bet that Iraq can be reconstructed into a vast labor camp ...with lots of oil.
I doubt Washington or MNCs are terribly interested in Iraqi labor. Oil, yes. But little nonoil capital goes into the major oil exporting countries. Besides, Iraqis have an attitude problem. They're not docile. With so many other places to invest, why take the risk?
Doug
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