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  • #31
    Originally posted by elijah
    With the Iraq reconstruction, in all fairness to the Americans, most of the money is US taxpayers, so you'd sort of expect them to give the contracts to US companies. Youd also expect that all over the world, with all governments.
    No my point was that how good does it look when the uS gov gives a contract to a bankrupt firmt hat is under investigation. I would have thought it ould make sense to award the contract to a firm whose baord of cirectors aren't likley to be charged with criminal offences.

    I have no problem with US firms being awarded contrats paid for by the US taxpayer. I will have a problem if US companies get all the contracts paid for with Iraqi oil money
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    • #32
      Yeah, I think that as long as Iraq is reconstructed and the damage is repaired. I opposed the war, always have, always will, but one has to make the best of a bad situation, for the sake of the Iraqi people.

      There are plenty of better areas to critique the war than the issues over reconstruction, granted the US govt could have gone about it better with less secrecy, and its own money rather than oil money in the future, but I cant really complain as much as I can with other areas.

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      • #33
        Well I supported the war, doesn't mean I have to like what they do next
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        • #34
          "No my point was that how good does it look when the uS gov gives a contract to a bankrupt firmt hat is under investigation"

          Agreed, they could have gone about it in a better way. But as far as my complaints against the USA goes, that is relatively low on the list. At least their going to rebuild Iraq, one way or another, I think they have learned from their "short attention span" in Afghanistan.
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          • #35
            No, no.
            I mean you, out of several other people's posts, showed an understanding, Elijah.
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            • #36
              Cheers Slow!! Much appreciated! In all fairness to all, I think all sides have a point on this issue.
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              • #37
                No! Don't show any flexibility of thought!

                You won't fit in.
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                • #38
                  Ah! I am now beginning to understand Apolyton!
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                  • #39
                    Maybe they should sign on K-mart to rebuild all of the the shopping centers.
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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by DetroitDave
                      Maybe they should sign on K-mart to rebuild all of the the shopping centers.
                      Wal-Mart has more political pull.
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                      • #41
                        Tescos!
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                        • #42
                          Tescos!
                          Ahhh! *runs screaming in horror at the memory of 3-liter bottles of very cheap cider*

                          -Arrian
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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Arrian


                            Ahhh! *runs screaming in horror at the memory of 3-liter bottles of very cheap cider*

                            -Arrian
                            Every english youth has to go through that phase. Well done for joining us
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                            • #44
                              Actually, I avoided actually drinking that particular cider. However, I do recall a rather nasty hangover caused by chugging 2 pints of cider in the midst of a normal night's drinking (beer.... beer.... CIDER CIDER.... beer.... beer... OUCH).

                              The reason I remember the 3-liter bottle stuff is one of the guys in my dorm (they stuck the Americans in with the Freshmen) used to get ****canned on that stuff all the time... just the smell of it was enough to warn me off.

                              -Arrian
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                              • #45
                                The Iraqi reconstruction will be one of the largest pork projects in the history of America. Liberation indeed.
                                To us, it is the BEAST.

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