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September 12, 2007
I Could Watch This Movie A Million Times
Here's an extremely encouraging section of David Petraeus' congressional testimony that, sadly, has been mostly overlooked:
Significantly, in 2007, Iraq will, as in 2006, spend more on its security forces than it will receive in security assistance from the United States. In fact, Iraq is becoming one of the United States’ larger foreign military sales customers, committing some $1.6 billion to FMS already, with the possibility of up to $1.8 billion more being committed before the end of this year. And I appreciate the attention that some members of Congress have recently given to speeding up the FMS process for Iraq.
Fantastic! I think history has shown that U.S. arms sales to Iraq have never been anything but positive.
(Via Glen Rangwala and Spencer Ackerman.)
Posted at September 12, 2007 04:26 PM | TrackBackWTF? Because, obviously, what one of the world's worst war zones needs is MORE weapons.
Posted by: saurabh at September 12, 2007 07:13 PMWHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED, we'll be outta' business.
Posted by: Mike Meyer at September 12, 2007 07:30 PMIs there any way of finding out which members of Congress Petraeus is referring to?
Posted by: Chris E. at September 12, 2007 08:58 PMHey I'm appreciative!
Posted by: Dead person at September 12, 2007 11:03 PMFWIW:
This whole affair has sometimes seemed to be nothing but a boondoggle for Haliburton et al., payed for in the blood of Iraqis and US soldiers. So, US merchants of death (oops, I mean ``Defense Contractors'') have been in on the profits-fest too. Who'da thunk it?
Posted by: Feeder of Felines at September 14, 2007 01:01 AM
