The one reason I am opposed to bringing other countries in on Iraq is that Russia would be one of those countries. Now we get the worst of all worlds. It's unbelieveable. I'm stunned by this news.

Anyone who's been paying attention should not be surprised by this. Right after Baghdad fell Bush put a senior executive of Cargill in charge of Iraq's agriculture sector, and a recent NY Times piece mentioned that they even want to privatize the universities.

Fortunately, reality seems to finally be penetrating the 1st few layers of their thick skulls, and they're holding off on these privatization plans. What's funny is, it seems to be the World Bank that is convincing them of the insanity of this -- at least for the time being:

"Bremer was open to our ideas and was convinced of the need to slow down," said a World Bank official who attended the meeting. "We asked him to consider the ripple effects on the economy if we moved too quickly and he was particularly concerned about unemployment."

the type. convenience. Linux.