No Soup For You !!

[Y_lifter]

Expanded version of Matts post

BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- The United States faces growing anger over its decision to bar some of its biggest trading partners from bidding for Iraqi reconstruction projects.

Countries that did not back the U.S.-led coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein this year will not be eligible to compete for $18.6 billion worth of contracts, according to U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.

President Bush, speaking to reporters at a Cabinet meeting in Washington on Thursday, said, "The U.S. people, the taxpayers, understand why it makes sense for countries that risk lives to participate in the contracts in Iraq. It is very simple. Our people risk their lives. Coalition, friendly coalition folks risk their lives -- and therefore the contracting is going to reflect that and that is what the U.S. taxpayers expect."

READ THE FULL STORY FOR ALL THE BABYING..
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/11/sprj.irq.contracts/index.html

 

[hamstershaver]

french onion

 

[TheLordofIron]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm soup.

 

[ohashi]

Man, we are really screwing ourselves. Slowly, but surely.

STFU, 2Thick. Before you say anything, shut the fuck up.

 

[Y_lifter]

Isolationism or Bust

 

[canadianhitman]

It's only fair that the companies getting consideration for rebuilding should be from countries that contributed troops for the war. After all, the taxpayers in those countries are footing the bill for the war, so why shouldn't their economies reap the benefits of rebuilding? I agree wholeheartedly with US policy on this one...

 

[ohashi]

That wouldn't work. Not at this point, day, and age. In theory, complete isolation might be beneficial, but it won't happen, and partial isolation will only fuck over those who try.

 

[gonelifting]

So US companies get the contracts and sub it out to foreign workers for a bigger profit. That seems to be the trend.

Us companies keep making millions and US workers keep losing jobs.