US says others must contribute to Iraq rebuilding effort

[Barrett808]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House said that other countries should contribute to the rebuilding of Iraq without confirming or denying reports that it has no plans to fund new reconstruction initiatives.

"The international community has important responsibilities to meet, as well. We have provided a significant amount to help them (Iraqis) move forward on the reconstruction," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

"We will continue to stand with them, and the international community needs to, as well," McClellan said.

The spokesman's remarks came after the Washington Post reported on Monday that

President George W. Bush's administration had drawn the line on fresh spending for Iraq rebuilding and will make no budget request to lawmakers in Congress for more reconstruction funds.

Asked about the report, McClellan said: "The budget process is ongoing at this point."

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060104/pl_afp/usiraqreconstruction

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. What happened to the "We broke it; we'll fix it" doctrine? n/t

[wellst0nev0ter]

2. Man, This Has A Making Of A Great Political Cartoon (eom)

nt

[Karenina]

14. Here's an oldie but goodie...

[warrens]

3. We already gave away their oil

Now pay up, suckers.

[HuffleClaw]

4. "international community has important responsibilities to meet..."

oh, what a joke. they themselves cease funding 'reconstruction' and MISSPENT the funds they WERE allocated by congress and now are begggin, i mean, DEMANDING the 'international community' put their two bits in? they've got some real gall.

[thecrow]

5. Ummm.. didn't we say that if someone didn't help us

...with the war part of this piece, they couldn't have anything to do with Iraq's contracts, rebuilding, etc?

[Cha]

19. Oh yeah, the chimp threatened

that!

[acmavm]

6. They should look for all the 'missing' money. That'll go a long

way towards reparations.

[CottonBear]

7. They "must"? We ruined Iraq and gave away billions of dollars to crooks

instead of rebuilding the country. The Bu$h* administration is, hands down, the most corrupt administration EVER.

[Betsy Ross]

8. I seem to remember him not allowing other countries

in to help. Oh, right. Now that the oil, utilities, and other money making operations have been doled out the his buddies, he invites others in to do the unpaid scutt work.

[LynnTheDem]

9. WHY?

"Others" didn't break Iraq.

[tatertop]

10. make check payable to Cheney directly

why fuck around?

[VegasWolf]

11. Poor little Sherrif Bush, no one to play with him.

:nopity:

[Cha]

20. You mean "Bring It ON"

bush? "Wanted Dead Or Alive"(osama)..bush?

[BrotherBuzz]

12. Are these the same foreign countries that were

shut out of postwar contract bidding in Iraq while Halliburton, Kellogg, Brown and Root, et al were awarded all the fat no bid contract work?

[ClintonTyree]

13. Good luck with that *...........

"W" still thinks they can go in and fix things now. The country is so lawless and dangerous no on in their right mind is going there if they don't have to. Are they going to donate money because "W" had a hard-on for a war no one else wanted any part of in the first place? Other countries are not going to send money to rebuild Iraq until there is peace, and that's so far away in the future we can't even imagine it yet. If you rebuild it now, the "insurgents" just blow it up tomorrow.

This is how stupid bush is, he actually thinks other countries are going to pony-up because of HIS fucking maniacal, hard-on for a war. Can't we get rid of this guy now. It's quite plain that his entire administration, the entire Republican party for that matter, are crooks and liars. What the hell are we waiting for? Oh, that's right. The "party of integrity" is in charge. The "moral beacons of our society" are in power so we can expect..............nothing. Not a damned thing to be done about it. Power has corrupted the GOP to a point where they can't even see their misdeeds anymore, like a fat man who hasn't seen his feet in years.

[Child_Of_Isis]

15. He also thinks he is the boss of other countries.

No one is listening georgy porgy....

[freesqueeze]

16. Will They Contribute

in the same ratios as they sent troups (ie.: 89% American dollars?)

Boy! I guess the oil revenue is further away than they are letting on.

[Mountainman]

17. I think that us who did not support the war should not have to pay,

but all those in this country who did support the war should have extra payroll deductions taken out and sent straight to the newly elected Iraq government. If you don't work and supported the war you should have to do community service in Iraq until you make up your share of the rebuilding.

C'mon freeps, sign up for your payroll deductions now. Visit your HR department and have the money directly deposited in Iraq's B of A account. It has come time to put your money where your big mouth has been all this time.

[Cha]

18. Like England(sorry chaps)..

Poland(Don't forget), Italia(thanks bersculoni), and Australia(yeah howard..that means you)..forget who else was the coalition of the Killing.

[ninkasi]

21. Amazing

The twit bullied his way to an illegal war, screwed up everything badly, funneled our tax dollars to his cronies, and now wants OTHER COUNTRIES to pay for it? I can only imagine the private conversations some heads of state who opposed the war might be having now. Chimp is just so used to having other people pay for his mistakes, that he probably doesn't even realize how ridiculous he sounds.

[arewenotdemo]

35. Iraqnam is just one more in a long line of Chimp's

dry wells, albeit the deepest on every conceivable level.

I'm of the BartCop school in that I suspect he's already been financially rewarded for this latest dry well already. Shaking down the rest of the world is probably just gravy for him.

[daleo]

22. The rest of the world discharged its responsibilities by not invading

It's a pity that the U.S. and U.K. couldn't have done the same.

[MasonJar]

23. And when he says things like that, he doesn't even have a tongue

in his cheek. Our P-resident is a totally sociopathic liar and a brainless oaf to boot.

[HockeyMom]

24. As Powell said,

You break it, you BUY it (USA).

[NuttyFluffers]

25. read: the USA junta wants your nation's treasury money, too n/t

:rofl: :crazy:

[anotherdrew]

26. dubya needs to shut up and hope they keep buying our funny money T-bills

much less flush more money down the bushco hole in the floor.

[pinniped]

27. It has already been confirmed they ain't funding shit.

--without confirming or denying reports that it has no plans to fund new reconstruction initiatives.--

What gall these sociopaths have. Please lock them all up and incinerate the key.

Quote from the piece of shit presidunce:

"No troops, no piece of the reconstruction pie!"

[BenDavid]

28. Thought the Iraqi Oil money

was to pay for all this: Let us take a day of Iraqi oil and the money involved:

Iraq pumps 2,000,000 barrels a day,
(and that was before the 2002 Halliburton Upgrade)
times today's oil price which is $63.14 a barrel
makes $126,280,000 Bush stole just yesterday

[TheBaldyMan]

29. wants the rest of the world to enrich Halliburton,KBR and Bechtel

... because they've bankrupted the US economy.

They want to invade Iran/Syria as well, what a bunch of blowhards the Bush administration is. From the outset they have ignored all miliary and economic wisdom.

Nervos belli, infinitam paecuniam - the sinews of war, unlimited money.

[Ben Ceremos]

30. Ben Ceremos to White House...

ROFLOL/ Shut the fuck up!!! You broke, you bought it America!!! Ha-ha-ha-ha...

[JNelson6563]

31. Ok, here's the deal

We go in and bomb the crap out of the place, secure all the oil for private enterprise and then you, the rest of the world, can come in and fix things up for the little people, 'k?

Ugh.

[rodeodance]

32. Here we go again--The US/WH/Jr telling the world what they should do!!

[JawJaw]

33. "international community has important responsibilities to meet..."

None more important than getting a 2nd UN security council resolution in March 2003. But certain "rogue states" dumped all over that idea, didn't they Georgie?

No wonder the coalition donation hotline is quiet....

[DFWJock]

34. Why dont we

just borrow more $$ from China to pay for the rebuilding, I mean thats the GOP plan for everything else.

Bring 'em on!