Word: reconstructionism
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Before coming to Harvard, Simons worked for Samaritan’s Purse International Relief on an earthquake reconstruction effort in El Salvador, earning $25,000 a year.
We were against the kind of unilateral war Bush wanted to wage, and our suspicion that Bush would prove disastrous as a nation builder has largely been confirmed. In the year that has passed, we have learned a great deal about America’s faulty intelligence regarding supposed weapons...
Yet, after prematurely declaring “mission accomplished,” Bush seems determined to proclaim democracy established as soon as possible—before Iraq is adequately prepared for it. Mired in the paranoia of an election year, Bush has set a firm date for the transfer of...
But as politically convenient a June power transfer might be for the president, we hope that domestic political calculations will not keep him from doing what’s right in Iraq. We fear that June 30 will be too soon for an effective handover of authority, given the chaos...
Amid the craziness is hard-nosed business smarts, say those who are here. Of the $18.6 billion in reconstruction money approved by Congress, about $10.2 billion will be contracted out by July in tenders, much of it probably going to companies that are not yet here, according to the American...