tvoivozhd---figure the first three or four years will cost us four hundred billion. Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar, the Emiratew are delighted with a U.S shield over them that costs them nothing in fiat currency or blood, and with the apparent giving up of nuclear weapons by Iran as a threat to them like Saddam was (wait and see if the Iranians are any more truthful now than in the past)
AFTER five days of fierce fighting in Fallujah, the US and Iraqi
forces have declared that the battle is almost over, barring a few
pockets of resistance.
Much the same words as were put out on April 9, 2003, though not nearly as compelling as the Mission Accomplished photo op on May 2nd.
We are very good at military invasion, using bombs, boys and girls to kill other boys and girls and obliterate buildings. We are less good at reason, diplomacy, planning, preparation. Did I mention respect?
A bonanza for construction companies. Keep your wallets open. You pay.
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