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The Whiskey Priest Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-05-06 11:57 AM
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Its Hard to Believe Iraq Has Achieved Republican Democracy!
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“American officials here echo that view. "It's clear that corruption funds the insurgency, so there you have a very real threat to the new state," said an American official who is involved in anticorruption efforts but refused to be identified to preserve his ability to work with Iraqi officials. "Corruption really has the potential of undercutting the growth potential here."


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/international/middleeast/05corrupt.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

What else could you expect from nation building by the Republicans‘ Culture of Corruption….
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