Lounsbury: Further Iraq Recon Reflections

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August 24, 2003

Further Iraq Recon Reflections

One of the most disturbing things in the McCain article, was the poll mentioned at the end.

Ket me quote from the article

"McCain, who is leading a bipartisan House and Senate delegation throughout the Middle East, said Friday that he estimates the United States needs to add $13 billion to $15 billion for reconstruction alone, "as quick as we can spend it."

He said the failure to restore basic services more widely could lead to more violence.

"When it's 125 degrees and people don't have electricity and water, they get very unhappy," he said. "Time is not on our side."

A Newsweek poll released yesterday found that 60 percent of respondents thought the United States was spending too much in Iraq and should scale back, and that 69 percent were concerned the United States would be bogged down for many years in Iraq without making much progress.

The telephone poll of 1,011 adults was conducted Thursday and Friday, after Tuesday's bombing of the U.N. offices, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points."

Spending too much?!?! People think the US is spening too much? Oh this bodes well for a well done reconstruction effort.

August 24, 2003

Further Iraq Recon Reflections

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