Political Games - Where the fuck’s the reset button?

Sadly, No!’s title says it all: We Broke It, They Bought It.

The Bush administration does not intend to seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction in the budget request going before Congress in February, officials say. The decision signals the winding down of an $18.4 billion U.S. rebuilding effort in which roughly half of the money was eaten away by the insurgency, a buildup of Iraq’s criminal justice system and the investigation and trial of Saddam Hussein.

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In a speech on Aug. 8, 2003, President Bush promised more for Iraq. “In a lot of places, the infrastructure is as good as it was at prewar levels, which is satisfactory, but it’s not the ultimate aim. The ultimate aim is for the infrastructure to be the best in the region,” Bush said.

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“The U.S. never intended to completely rebuild Iraq,” Brig. Gen. William McCoy, the Army Corps of Engineers commander overseeing the work, told reporters at a recent news conference. In an interview this past week, McCoy said: “This was just supposed to be a jump-start.”

Really? Tell that to the Iraqis…

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This is just a hit-and-run post until I get up the energy to do my promised ones. Remember when the Religious Right accused Spongebob of being used by the Homosexual Agenda? Guess who their next target is? Barbie. How can anyone still take them seriously? Oh, and by the way, in case you forgot… their party is the one in power.

Happy New Year!!

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