"The administration strongly opposes efforts to convert any portion of this assistance to a loan mechanism. Doing so would slow efforts to stabilize the region and to relieve pressure on our troops, raise questions about our commitment to building a democratic and self-governing Iraq, and impair our ability to encourage other nations to provide badly needed assistance without saddling Iraq with additional unsustainable debt."
--White House statement, Senate Defies Bush On Iraq Assistance
Translation: A bank robber doesn't ask for a loan.
posted by Jo Fish on 10.19.03 at 11:51 PM
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Willie Sutton robbed banks, because that's where the money was. Did W invade Iraq because that's where the oil is?
posted by: Shag from Brookline on 10.20.03 at 03:54 PM [permalink]
