Word: reconstructionism
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As for the Pentagon, Donald Rumsfeld--who is beginning to resemble Humphrey Bogart's unhinged Captain Queeg in The Caine Mutiny--lost his temper last week at the news that National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice was, finally, trying to coordinate the government's reconstruction efforts in Iraq. He said he...
Last weekend, a suicide bomber exploded a car near a Baghdad hotel, killing at least six and injuring over 30. Every day it becomes clearer that the Pentagon’s postwar reconstruction in Iraq is a veritable mess. Meanwhile, the economy continues to stumble, unemployment remains at exceptional highs...
First, there is at least an uncertain and unstable and at worst a desperate and deteriorating situation on the ground in Iraq: guerrilla war; unguarded munitions and missing missiles; inadequate security personnel; a continuing death toll of U.S. soldiers; an assassinated member of the Governing Council; opposition to the occupation...
Two, the U.S. should turn over its responsibility for running the civilian effort—this means humanitarian aid, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and nation-building programs—to the U.N., while, maintaining strong, active participation and support. The U.S. must remember after all, that it is the most important...
The primary motivation for the new Security Council resolution may be financial. The IMF and World Bank have calculated that Iraq's reconstruction over the next four years will require $55 billion in aid, and the Bush administration - having earmarked $20 billion of its latest $87 billion Iraq budget for...