tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post113590251956576414..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: Nice pointhelmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-1135921425656962452005-12-30T00:43:00.000-05:002005-12-30T00:43:00.000-05:00Absolutely right, troutsky, but you'd think after ...Absolutely right, troutsky, but you'd think after $80 billion per year, some of that loot would have "trickled down" to a few more Iraqi middlemen. <BR/><BR/>Then again, even Chalabi and his cronies probably put their take in western banks.Rodger A. Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00254146534767161655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-1135920233800647352005-12-30T00:23:00.000-05:002005-12-30T00:23:00.000-05:00I dont think they actually SPEND the money IN Iraq...I dont think they actually SPEND the money IN Iraq, they spend it on Iraq.The profit, the jobs and the secondary effects all benefit the war profiteering nations doing the supplying.Sure, they hire some Iraqis, but in the new parlance, most of it is "outsourced".troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.com