December 11, 2003


Old Europe to Chimpy: 'Kerry Off'

omigod here I said irony was dead...perhaps like Mark Twain I went with the early untimely demise thing too soon. This is positively delicious.

President Bush found himself in the awkward position on Wednesday of calling the leaders of France, Germany and Russia to ask them to forgive Iraq's debts, just a day after the Pentagon excluded those countries and others from $18 billion in American-financed Iraqi reconstruction projects.

White House officials were fuming about the timing and the tone of the Pentagon's directive, even while conceding that they had approved the Pentagon policy of limiting contracts to 63 countries that have given the United States political or military aid in Iraq.
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The Russian defense minister, Sergei Ivanov, when asked about the Pentagon decision, responded by ruling out any debt write-off for Iraq.

The Canadian deputy prime minister, John Manley, suggested crisply that "it would be difficult" to add to the $190 million already given for reconstruction in Iraq.

Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Can I say that again, or would it be gloating? Is this the result of making Foreign Policy with your shriveled nuts or what? Goddam that's funny. I'll bet Unka Karl was stomping his little Gucci loafers on the Oval Office carpet all afternoon.

On a more serious note, some of the worlds largest multi-national companies are in those countries, and they can't be pleased with the 1600 Crew decision. I hope they start using some of their economic muscle to help send the 1600 Crew to the dustbin of history in 2004.
posted by Jo Fish on 12.11.03 at 12:30 AM





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In a related story reported in the Toronto Star - that's in Canada, kids, where they have a free press - Paul Martin, who becomes Prime Minister on Friday, would like to have better relations with the Fascists at 1600 but doesn't seem to see any reason for that country to pay blood and gold in order to enrich HalliburtonCheney and BechtelWolfowitzPerle.

Other members of the Canadian Government are equally pessimistic about further help from the country that used to appear to be joined at the hip with the US back when we had a democracy going on here.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1071056729940&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1071056729940&call_pageid=968332188854&col=968350060724

 posted by: Lurch on 12.11.03 at 06:43 AM [permalink]

Josh Marshall has been posting a bunch of TPMs on the role of Jim Baker in the past week regarding Iraq debts. This appointment must be related to the 2004 campaign. Maybe a discharge in international bankruptcy is in the making. (Perhaps Jim can throw in Enron, etc.) The creditor nations may decide to bring a "Clash Action" to make sure they don't pay for rehabbing Iraq that W caused to be brought about.

Shag from Brookline

 posted by: on 12.11.03 at 07:21 AM [permalink]

Harvard MBA at work?

posted by: BudMan on 12.11.03 at 12:32 PM [permalink]

dear usa....it's important not to have a drunken idiot as president...ok, back to sleep now.

 posted by: tim on 12.11.03 at 01:29 PM [permalink]


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