Glaucus
03-19-2004, 01:18 PM
Off the Mark on Cost of War, Reception by Iraqis (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6338-2004Mar18.html)
By Dana Milbank and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 19, 2004; Page A01
A year ago tonight, President Bush took the nation to war in Iraq with a grand vision for change in the Middle East and beyond.
The invasion and occupation of Iraq, his administration predicted, would come at little financial cost and would materially improve the lives of Iraqis. Americans would be greeted as liberators, Bush officials predicted, and the toppling of Saddam Hussein would spread peace and democracy throughout the Middle East.
heh, not quite. Anyway, the above article requires you to register, but is otherwise free. If anyone has problems with that (I'm talking techinical reasons, not laziness ;-) ), I can paste it here upon request.
- Mike
By Dana Milbank and Robin Wright
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, March 19, 2004; Page A01
A year ago tonight, President Bush took the nation to war in Iraq with a grand vision for change in the Middle East and beyond.
The invasion and occupation of Iraq, his administration predicted, would come at little financial cost and would materially improve the lives of Iraqis. Americans would be greeted as liberators, Bush officials predicted, and the toppling of Saddam Hussein would spread peace and democracy throughout the Middle East.
heh, not quite. Anyway, the above article requires you to register, but is otherwise free. If anyone has problems with that (I'm talking techinical reasons, not laziness ;-) ), I can paste it here upon request.
- Mike