It's beginning to look like, financially, Iraq II will be the opposite
of Iraq I. Ten years ago, the US fought the war as a mercenary and was
repaid by other capitalist powers; we ended up with an approximately
$100B transfer on the current account. This time around, the US will
have to be
In both wars, the US shelled out before the war to bribe acquiescence, but
Peter is correct -- it looks like the US will have trouble collected
afterwards.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:45:16AM -0800, Peter Dorman wrote:
It's beginning to look like, financially, Iraq II will be the opposite
of
