"Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country.And I have no doubt that they will." - Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 7/11/02
"The likely economic effects [of the war in Iraq] would be relatively small... Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits." - Lawrence Lindsey, White House Economic Advisor, 9/16/02
"It is unimaginable that the United States would have to contribute hundreds of billions of dollarsand highly unlikely that we would have to contribute even tens of billions of dollars." - Kenneth M. Pollack, former Director for Persian Gulf Affairs, U.S. National Security Council, 9/02
"Thecosts of any intervention would be very small." - Glenn Hubbard, White House Economic Advisor, 10/4/02
"When it comes to reconstruction, before we turn to the American taxpayer, we will turn first to the resources of the Iraqi governmentand the international community." - Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 3/27/03
"There is a lot of money to pay for this that doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money,and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people. We are talking about a country that can really finance its own reconstructionand relatively soon." - Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifying before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, 3/27/03
"The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid." - Mitchell Daniels, Director, White House Office of Managementand Budget, 4/21/03
"Iraq has tremendous resources that belong to the Iraqi people.And so there are a variety of means that Iraq has to be able to shoulder much of the burden for ther own reconstruction." - Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary, 2/18/03
Oldtimer said:Yep-- kinda what I was asking with the Bush War (brought about by false pretenses
Oldtimer said:Yep-- kinda what I was asking with the Bush War (brought about by false pretenses to profiteer his oil and military complex buddies)- and building GW Superhighways in a Sandpit (while lying about the costs)- along with giving the Fatcats free run to gamble away US citizens lifetime earnings/savings by nonenforcement/oversight- all of which were rubberstamped by a Republican (supposed conservative :roll: neocon controlled Congress)--- which then led to the Bush Bust- and the Bush Bailout of his Fatcat buddies--- and a consensus by numerous economists (both Liberal and Conservative) that he had ran the country so close to the brink it was going to take boucou bucks to keep the country from going under.....
"Iraq is a very wealthy country. Enormous oil reserves. They can finance, largely finance the reconstruction of their own country.And I have no doubt that they will." - Richard Perle, Chairman of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, 7/11/02
"The likely economic effects [of the war in Iraq] would be relatively small... Under every plausible scenario, the negative effect will be quite small relative to the economic benefits." - Lawrence Lindsey, White House Economic Advisor, 9/16/02
"It is unimaginable that the United States would have to contribute hundreds of billions of dollarsand highly unlikely that we would have to contribute even tens of billions of dollars." - Kenneth M. Pollack, former Director for Persian Gulf Affairs, U.S. National Security Council, 9/02
"Thecosts of any intervention would be very small." - Glenn Hubbard, White House Economic Advisor, 10/4/02
"When it comes to reconstruction, before we turn to the American taxpayer, we will turn first to the resources of the Iraqi governmentand the international community." - Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, 3/27/03
"There is a lot of money to pay for this that doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money,and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people. We are talking about a country that can really finance its own reconstructionand relatively soon." - Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifying before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, 3/27/03
"The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq will not require sustained aid." - Mitchell Daniels, Director, White House Office of Managementand Budget, 4/21/03
"Iraq has tremendous resources that belong to the Iraqi people.And so there are a variety of means that Iraq has to be able to shoulder much of the burden for ther own reconstruction." - Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary, 2/18/03