Baghdad Year Zero

[Commie Girl]

:angry: This is an excellent article originally written for Harper's Magazine....



What "Shock and Awe" Really Mean (http://www.harpers.org/BaghdadYearZero.html)

The honey theory of Iraqi reconstruction stems from the most cherished belief of the war’s ideological architects: that greed is good. Not good just for them and their friends but good for humanity, and certainly good for Iraqis. Greed creates profit, which creates growth, which creates jobs and products and services and everything else anyone could possibly need or want. The role of good government, then, is to create the optimal conditions for corporations to pursue their bottomless greed, so that they in turn can meet the needs of the society. The problem is that governments, even neoconservative governments, rarely get the chance to prove their sacred theory right: despite their enormous ideological advances, even George Bush’s Republicans are, in their own minds, perennially sabotaged by meddling Democrats, intractable unions, and alarmist environmentalists.

[redstar2000]

I likewise strongly recommend this excellent article.

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[Commie Girl]

:redstar2000: Why Thank You, kind sir!

But seriously, this should be made available to the U$ public on a broad scale...wonder what those "folks" in OI would say about this.....

[redstar2000]

wonder what those "folks" in OI would say about this.....

Well, let's find out. :)

:redstar2000:

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[Danton]

A smug and unhelpful load of tosh.


The yanks will have their way sooner or later, no matter what it takes - they are in this for keeps.

[redstar2000]

The yanks will have their way sooner or later, no matter what it takes - they are in this for keeps.

Have you signed your contract with them yet? You sound pretty eager.

And they have plenty of "employment opportunities" awaiting you...as the article indicates. :D

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[Forward Union]

I feel like posting this in a right wing forum just to see the response, im sure it'll get a lot of, "oh that's Bias" "Lies" and "Well listen to what this Iraqi said.."

[Professor Moneybags]

Originally posted by Commie [email protected] 3 2004, 03:11 AM
:angry: This is an excellent article originally written for Harper's Magazine....

Written By
Klein, Naomi

Author of "No Logo". Gee, would that be biased ? I wonder... :rolleyes:

[redstar2000]

Author of "No Logo". Gee, would that be biased?

Have you no other refutation to offer?

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[commiecrusader]

Author of "No Logo". Gee, would that be biased ? I wonder...
Everything is biased in some way or another. You can't disregard it just because of that. Or I could disregard eeeeeeeeeeeverything you have ever said because your a no good cappie, and everything you spout is from a cappie perspective.

Good article.

[Professor Moneybags]

Originally posted by [email protected] 4 2004, 09:34 PM

Have you no other refutation to offer?

:redstar2000:

I don't think one is necessary.


Or I could disregard eeeeeeeeeeeverything you have ever said because your a no good cappie, and everything you spout is from a cappie perspective.

You lot always do. That's why the topics here are endless...

[Osman Ghazi]

You lot always do. That's why the topics here are endless...

My, my. The pot calling the kettle black, eh?

[Professor Moneybags]

Originally posted by Osman [email protected] 5 2004, 07:49 PM

My, my. The pot calling the kettle black, eh?
Speak for yourself.

[Osman Ghazi]

Speak for yourself.

Nice. Did you make that up yourself or did you find it on the Internet?

[Danton]

The article offers no new solutions and just repeats what we all already knew - the economic motives of the war. Hardly a pulitzer prize winner, yawn...