...Meanwhile in Iraq
From today's Washington Post: "But the insurgency has set back efforts across the board. In two of the most crucial areas, electricity and oil production, relentless sabotage has kept output at or below prewar levels despite the expenditure of hundreds of millions of American dollars and countless man-hours. Oil production stands at roughly 2 million barrels a day, compared with 2.6 million before U.S. troops entered Iraq in March 2003, according to U.S. government statistics.
The national electrical grid has an average daily output of 4,000 megawatts, about 400 megawatts less than its prewar level.
Iraqis nationwide receive on average less than 12 hours of power a day. For residents of Baghdad, it was six hours a day last month, according to a U.S. count, though many residents say that figure is high.
The Americans, said Zaid Saleem, 26, who works at a market in Baghdad, "are the best in destroying things but they are the worst in rebuilding."
Malcolm Lambe
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Why, if I was President Bush, I'd pull all my troops out and leave them to themselves!!!!
Oh wait...... he can't.
HA HA!!!!
What do the Iraqis expect from a clown who can't say nuclear?????
I wonder if Hillary will do that on her way to becoming the First Trout...
What I would not give to see Hillary vs. Condi.
It's so appalling - and Bush and his cronies have never served. Cheney had 7 deferrals from Vietnam. What a shit.
Not that I think Kerry's wrapping himself in the "I served in Vietnam" flag was a)particularly appropriate or b) a strategy that had any hope of winning - but at least he is not a bloody chicken hawk who relied on Daddy's money to stay safe in the continental US.