   Iraq Unraveling? Top Repub thinks so
  From the Times Onlinequote:THE most senior Republican authority on foreign relations in Congress has warned President Bush that the United States is on the brink of catastrophe in Iraq. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that Washington was in danger of creating “an incubator for terrorist cells and activity” unless it increased the scope and cost of its reconstruction efforts. He said that more troops, billions more dollars and a longer commitment were needed if the US were not to throw away the peace.   So, now the question is whether or not we can "win the peace."  Lugar says that the administration isn''t acknowledging that rebuilding Iraq is going to take $100 billion or more.  How does this balance out against the $300+ billion in tax cuts?And now that Bush has already positively positioned Lugar, is Lugar''s warning going to be harder to spin?    --------------------Just waiting for the mothership...  
  INCONCEIVABLE!!!!Bush rid the world of another Hitler!Terrorism is, as per another thread here, on the decline. On its deathbed!Surely the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is in error!Damn Congressmen. What do they know!? We should just get rid of em!Wikkyd~"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law!"~Aleister Crowley, The Beast 666  ;  I guess those predictions of at least a few years of occupation weren''t so far-fetched.    ------------- outRider -  ;  What I like is the way that no one here has brought up the fact than Iraq is in a worse state now than it was before the war.Majority of places have no power, no sanitation, medical suplies etc.  It really needs sorted out.  ;  Shhhh!  Matt!  What have you done?Didn''t you know that it is not good form to mention the appalling state of Iraqi infrastructure?But, we can all be at ease.  At least we know the ministry of oil is in good hands, right?Now, talking about unravelling countries, let''s take a look at Afghanistan, you know that country that was in the news everyday last year, but is now nowhere to be seen.  I wonder what''s going on there, could there be a civil war brewing between the US backed "president", and the massively powerful warlord in the North East of the country?Who knows...    This is the tale of a Northern Soul, looking to find his way back home;  PREVENT TERRORISM! FEED THE STARVING IRAQIS!PREVENT TERRORISM! FEED THE STARVING IRAQIS!Wikkyd~"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law!"~Aleister Crowley, The Beast 666   [edited by - Wikkyd on May 24, 2003 9:37:14 AM];quote:Original post by Wikkyd  PREVENT TERRORISM! FEED THE STARVING IRAQIS!PREVENT TERRORISM! FEED THE STARVING IRAQIS!  How ironic. The original picture which that is a takeoff of is also a false and contrived picture. In the original picture they were not happy with the scale of the american flag and had them do it again with a much larger flag.;  How many guys does it take to put up a flag?  ;quote:Original post by Tron3k  How many guys does it take to put up a flag? NONE.In the case of america the broken bodies of a few children are all that is required.