Iraq Donors come Through for Bush

[davhill]

<http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20031024/ts_nm/iraq_donors_dc>

It looks like opposition is crumbling to the U.S. Occupation of Iraq as Nations line up to pay tribute to the New American Century. What implications does this have for the 2004 elections?

[rooboy]

1. Pledges and cash are 2 different things...

ask the Afghans.

[nostamj]

2. hell, ask the american children

"left behind" for starters...

[davhill]

5. Never the less it is a PR coup

for Bush if it looks like there is a lot of international support for the continued occupation.

[Sagan]

12. I agree that it's style over substance..

But after all, that's what this Administration is all about. They don't need to solve problems, as long as they can TELL people they're solving problems and no-one questions it.

It's all smoke and mirrors, lies and deceit. The worst Administration in the last 100 years.

[leftchick]

13. dav, you still have time to edit the Thread title to the correct headline.

"Donors Promise Some $37.5 Billion in Iraq Aid, Loans"

Loans do not a "PR coup" make, and subtract 20 Bil coming from the US and what do you get? :shrug:

[SCDem]

3. If opposition were crumbling we would reach the $55billion mark

and that is not happening... What there might be about $7-8 billion that the US has secured... doesn't sound like people are ponying up to the "New American Century" to me. It is just spin.

[htuttle]

8. It IS just spin

Yesterday and the day before, the story was that contributions were falling way short.

Today, same facts, same donors, same amounts, but the new story is that they are 'coming through'.

Sometimes the administration reminds me so much of a shady dot com trying to cover up it's losses and incompetence.

[Spazito]

4. This is a crock! If you take away the US's 20 billion, the World Bank's..

between 3 and 5 billion (over 5 years, and it's a loan) and the IMF's between 2.5 and 4.25 over three years, you have very little being "donated" by any other country! This is the same old attempt to put lipstick on a pig, imo.

[Sagan]

6. It's crap. Look at this from the article...

*snip*
But a Reuters calculation showed total pledges of aid and loans totaling some $17.5 billion over a maximum of five years in addition to the $20 billion promised by the United States. Further pledges were trickling in.
*snip*

That's 17.5 billion in PLEDGES when they wanted 55 billion. And now the well is dry. There won't be another donors' conference. You and me, my friend, will foot the bill for putting Humpty Dumpty back together again.

[UpInArms]

9. I liked this paragraph

operative word in this paragraph is "loans" - not a gift - not a donation - "loans"

Japan's government made the largest offer after the United States,
pledging a further $3.5 billion in medium-term loans to bring its
total promised aid to $5 billion.

[lanlady]

7. this story's been concocted by Colin Powell

Buried in the story is a reference to Powell spouting some nonsense about this. The man's a liar.

[Sagan]

10. also, you've got the title of the story wrong...

It is not "Iraq donors come through for Bush"... It is "Donors Promise Some $37.5 Billion in Iraq Aid, Loans"

Nice spin, though. Remember LBN rules next time.

[Noordam]

11. anderson accounting at work again.

EU 826 MILLION
Iran 300 MILLION
Saudi 1000 MILLION
Japan 1500 MILLION in AID 3.5 Billion in LOANS
----------------------------------------------------
Total 3626 Million

[cspiguy]

14. If wealthy arab states gave a fraction of this for peaceful

rebuilding efforts in palestine, the israel/plo conflict might have been over for years. We are pouring billions into iraq, which the UN and the US impoverished but those had the petrodollars left the palis to live in garbage dumps in hopes of creating the conditions necessary for an uprising and war to defeat israel. Amazingly pathetic.

[OldCurmudgeon]

15. show us the money!

Oh, here you go Shrubbie. I'll write you a personal check for $10B. Have fun cashing it.

ShrubCo has a real track record on promising money loudly, then quietly reneging (NYC 9/11 funds, Afganistan, AIDS in Africa). Serve 'em right to get some of their own medicine.

On the other hand, there's also the ShrubCo track record of whispering "oh, some Iraq reconstruction contracts go to (mumble)", then writing a stunningly large check.

[TahitiNut]

16. Incorrect title

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