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Originally posted by Displaced Flames fan@Sep 17 2004, 11:54 PM
What makes you think that Iraq isn't in control of production NOW?
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The 180,000 GI Joe action figures running around Iraq, a lot of which are guarding the oil fields and escorting Halliburton employees. I wish I could find a link, but there was a story about a week ago that stated the Iraqis have very little to do with the rebuilding of their economy. Halliburton has not bothered to hire Iraqis for hardly any jobs. Its Americans or other foreigners who were already employed by Halliburton that got the jobs in Iraq. A great example was the cooks over there were not Iraqis as you would expect, they were Thais being paid a less than twenty bucks a day (a very good salary where they are from). Its a complete mess over there Dis. Its not a quagmire like Viet Nam (I really hate that term) but it is a disaster all unto itself. I'm not sure what an effective exit strategy is, but the US has to get the hell out of there and fast.