Why in the world should the United States government give American tax dollars to French companies, regardless of their stance on the war?
I don't see a single reason that they should get dollar one.
Jerry Johnson
Tax payer.
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Who says that companies in France, Germany or Russia didn't agree with
the government's official position? Governments are meant to take
stances, but I guarantee companies with international business
relationships are *far* more pragmatic. Do you really think that some
electrical services firm officers in France sit around in street cafes,
wearing striped shirts, pencil moustaches and berets, chain-smoking and
saying "Zees Boosh, 'ee ees a merde-de-tete, non?" and singing "La
Marseillese"? Wake up!
Bush simply cuts off nations that saw through his flimsy excuse for a
war like some sort of impetuous child. Russia is THE largest producer
of oil in the world today. You don't think there are some experts in
the field of oil field maintenance and management there, do you?
Obviously, though, we don't want them competing with American firms! I
mean, all the manuals will be in Russian or something.
Anyone can criticize the faux-socialist French government or Russia's
questionably stable democratic underpinnings, but these are not
oligarchies. They're home to trillions of dollars of private enterprise
who could possibly benefit from contracts in Iraq - money that would go
not only to those organizations, but to the people that work for them.
Bush said the war in Iraq was against the rulers of Iraq, not against
the people. Funny that his backlash against the nations that opposed
his war is against the people, and not the rulers.
- Jim
John Stanley wrote:
>the us and the other sixty-odd countries who helped us get to bid. now I'm
>not arguing the fact that the us companies may get the bulk of the
>contracts, but I as a taxpayer would rather my money go to US companies than
>another countries.
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>i am also not arguing that there wont be corruption in the contract process,
>ahem Halibuton, but it is still better than the French getting my money.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:46 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Bush gives the finger to the world again
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>Why should US companies benefit from a war manufactured by our own country?
>When organized crime does that it's called a "protection racket".
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>-Kevin
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 9:32 AM
>Subject: RE: Bush gives the finger to the world again
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>>The countries in question can still do business with Iraq, they just cant
>>bid on the contracts that the US taxpayers are paying for. They can be
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>hired
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>>as subcontractors for the contracts as well. I dont see why this is such a
>>huge deal? Why should the US taxpayers pay french companies to rebuild
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>Iraq
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>>when they werent willing to support the US efforts in the first place?
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 10:28 AM
>>To: CF-Community
>>Subject: Bush gives the finger to the world again
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>>Former top U.S. officials are blasting the Bush administration for
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>reopening
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>>a rift with Europe by excluding critics of the war from prime contracts
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>>Iraq's reconstruction.
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>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105433,00.html
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><http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105433,00.html>
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>><http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105433,00.html>
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>>"I thought we were in the process of acquiring support rather than
>>alienating it," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (search)
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>said.
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>>So let me get this straight.
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>>1. Economy is bad.
>>2. Find a patsy country and accuse them of something unfounded.
>>3. Get called on it by other countries.
>>4. Attack anyway
>>5. Deny reconstruction contracts to countries that wouldn't help in an
>>illegal war.
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>>And people are complaining? I don't get it. It looks like a perfect plan
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>to
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>>boost the economy by giving local companies big contracts.
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>>-Kevin
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