A new poll conducted by
Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News shows 67 percent of those polled
believed the United States will be unable to stop a civil war from breaking
out in Iraq.
Since military operations began in March 2003, 2,592
Americans troops have been killed in Iraq with another 19,300 wounded.
Economic Consequences Of Iraq Occupation
By Garda Ghista Introduction The U.S. real economy is in virtual shambles. It is the
most debt-ridden country in the world, with every American having an average
debt of $12,000. Its position is worse than that of Indonesia when it
imploded in 1998, and it is even worse than that of Argentina. In February
and March of 2003 another half a million Americans were laid off from their
jobs. US has a record trade deficit of nearly 5% of GDP, a $6.3 trillion
dollar deficit (55% of GDP which is $9 trillion) and is looking at annual
budget deficits in the hundreds of billions. There is massive debt
manipulation, unaffordable tax cuts, massive current account deficits, trade
deficits, corporate accounting fraud running into billions, unsustainable
credit expansion, and near zero personal savings.
http://www.proutworld.org/features/econsiraq.htm
Deathtoll rises to 57 in Baghdad's series attacks
Indian Muslims, California -
Aug 14, 2006
Baghdad, Aug 15 (NNN-Xinhua) The death
toll rose to 57 and 148 others wounded in four attacks targeting
a Shiite neighborhood in ... "Our latest reports said
that ...
In
Iraq, dream has been better than reality
The Free Lance-Star, VA -
9 hours ago ...Now that the civil war in Iraq has started,
only a starry-eyed fool would "stay the course," and only those who are
ignorant of history would agree to it.
"The spread of evil is the symptom of a
vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral
failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no
compromise on basic principles."
Ayn Rand