Harry, I tend to agree with Keith. I don't think things are going swimmingly at all. The occupying powers are in deep trouble.
Ed Weick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ed Weick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Karen Watters Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:43 PM Subject: Re: [Futurework] US economic initiative in Middle East > Ed, > > Yet, Steyn's article indicated that at least in the areas he travelled -- > from Jordan to the outskirts of Baghdad, then North of Baghdad into > Saddam's hometown, and on to the oil fields - things seemed to be going > swimmingly. > > Also, you'll recall, the Iraqis in the"refugee camp" in Jordan wanted to go > home. > > Journalists want action and trouble - that's the way to the Pulitzer. Many > of them report all the bad things, yet how many have "done a Steyn" and > looked things over for themselves? > > Harry > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Ed wrote: > > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = > >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"> > >Interesting, but the US may have an Achilles heel in all of this. It may > >be unsustainable. What appears to be increasingly apparent is that US > >efforts to bring globalization (American style), freedom and democracy to > >Gap nations is failing miserably. Afghanistan is back in the hands of > >warlords and its people are no better off, and Iraq is in chaos except for > >militant groups who are oganizing to shoot American GIs. With huge budget > >deficits looming, and the inability of the federal and state governments > >to maintain key public services, the US may soon have to turn some of its > >attention to fixing up its own house instead of trying to fix up the world. > > > >Ed Weick > > > **************************************************** > Harry Pollard > Henry George School of Social Science of Los Angeles > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > Tel: (818) 352-4141 -- Fax: (818) 353-2242 > http://home.attbi.com/~haledward > **************************************************** > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.489 / Virus Database: 288 - Release Date: 6/10/2003 > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
