At 03:32 PM 2/23/2003 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/opinion/21KRUG.html
>
>The Martial Plan
>By PAUL KRUGMAN
Ahhh..... the search for intelligent life in Paul Krugman's columns continues.
Just for the record:
The US always has been and continues to be the single largest donor of aid
to Afghanistan.
Relief aid to New York City has been provided as fast as the money can be
spent (ie the money not yet provided to NYC is emarked for projects, like
rebuilding the WTC, that haven't fully begun yet.)
The allegation regarding permitting Turkish occuption of Northern Iraq is
pure rumour and innuendo. For one thing, the Turks already have a
presence in Northern Iraq. For two, many published reports in places
like the Washington Post completely contradict that assertion.
According to the Washington Post, the US plans to install Americans to at
least the Top Three levels of governance and conduct war crimes trials of
top Iraqi officials. The US will then convene a representative council
of all Iraqis to develop a replacement government. The allegations
presented by Krugman are mind-numbingly passed on without considering the
source - a group of people who want to run Iraq after the war - and are
again, pure rumour and innuendo.
At this point I will stop shooting the fish in the barrel.
JDG
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