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Originally Posted by Crazy_Ivan  Shocker, I really never saw this comming. |
I assume you're kidding.
This will do nothing to solve the strife in the long run. Analogies to Japan and Germany are flawed, because:
a) Neither country was on the brink of civil war at the end WWII.
b) The character and method of the Marshall Plan was profoundly different than the corporate boondoggle that is the Iraq Reconstruction.
c) The political conflicts between the US and the Middle East are different than those that motivated WWII.
I have a feeling though that the same people who will feel all pollyanna about this will be the same one who ranted for years about "spreading democracy" in the Middle East by "declaring war on terror" before reality embarassed them into silence.
It's unfortunate that the Democrats aren't running a single candidate with the spine to call BS on this.
It's unfortunate that the Republicans...well, what ISN'T unfortunate about the Republicans these days?
Also, "access to Iraqi oil" will not translate into cheap oil. Bush and Cheney--and the energy industry at large--don't want oil to be cheap. They want oil to be expensive. This is what we've been getting for years since the Iraq invasion and it's what we'll continue to get.