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France, in other words, is behaving just like the U.S., which makes me think the real reason for the latest outburst of Francophobia is embarrassment over the fact that the reconstruction of Iraq has been handled so poorly that the U.S. needs international assistance. It is American incompetence, not French...
Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz took some heat last week when he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The President had just announced that he needed $87 billion to finance postwar military operations--most of which, $66 billion, would fund the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. Wolfowitz's questioners...
OIL WOULD FUND RECONSTRUCTION
The Pentagon did anticipate a certain amount of postwar resistance--a small amount that wouldn't last long. But the Pentagon didn't envision that thousands of American troops would be under almost constant attack by guerrillas or that so many of the fighters would be foreigners who regard the...
"We don't start a job that we can't finish... That's the American way." PAUL WOLFOWITZ, Deputy Defense Secretary, on the White House's request for $87 billion in military and reconstruction funds for Iraq and Afghanistan next year