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Posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Aug 30 12:33:59 2010 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100829/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_iraq_us_reconstruction_legacyKHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq – A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets As the U.S. draws down in Iraq, it is leaving behind hundreds of abandoned or incomplete projects. More than $5 billion in American taxpayer funds has been wasted — more than 10 percent of the some $50 billion the U.S. has spent on reconstruction in Iraq, according to audits from a U.S. watchdog agency. That amount is likely an underestimate, based on an analysis of more than 300 reports by auditors with the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction. And it does not take into account security costs, which have run almost 17 percent for some projects. etc etc etc rest in link |
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Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, now leaving without finishing the job |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon Aug 30 14:01:41 2010, in response to US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Aug 30 12:33:59 2010. That's not a link; it's a text URL. This is a link.And there's a link in that story titled Iraqis say war not ending despite US drawdown (I posted that here). |
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Posted by monorail on Mon Aug 30 22:24:14 2010, in response to US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Aug 30 12:33:59 2010. should never have started a war.... |
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Posted by SMAZ on Tue Aug 31 02:20:49 2010, in response to US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Aug 30 12:33:59 2010. It's not a waste if you're a Bechtel or Halliburton shareholder. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Aug 31 12:34:41 2010, in response to US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by Dutchrailnut on Mon Aug 30 12:33:59 2010. We wasted much more on the useless 'Stimulous". |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 31 12:38:01 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by monorail on Mon Aug 30 22:24:14 2010. We didn't. Hussein did, on 8/2/90. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 31 12:38:40 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Aug 31 12:34:41 2010. $120 billion more. In 14 months, let alone 7 years.This is not an argument the left wants to have. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Aug 31 13:17:55 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by SMAZ on Tue Aug 31 02:20:49 2010. Neither of them have the oil contracts. They belong to Chinese and Russian companies. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 31 13:21:05 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Aug 31 12:34:41 2010. Which was not useless. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 31 14:32:13 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 31 13:21:05 2010. Yeah, it was. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Aug 31 15:34:29 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Tue Aug 31 12:38:40 2010. So? Take away those tax cuts as Bush and the republican congress had PLANNED to take away, and problem solved. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Tue Aug 31 19:42:32 2010, in response to Re: US wasted billions in Iraq, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Tue Aug 31 12:34:41 2010. You don't like $400 billion tax cuts? |
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