Comments on: War is good for profits http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:39:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Ian Westmore http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/#comment-264548 Ian Westmore Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:29:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/#comment-264548 To be fair Antony, not all newspaper moguls have behaved this way.<br/><br/>Rupert's dad, Keith, at considerable personal risk single bought the utter stupidity of Gallipoli to world attention greatly hastening the end of the slaughter. He must be spinning in his grave at what his son has become. To be fair Antony, not all newspaper moguls have behaved this way.

Rupert’s dad, Keith, at considerable personal risk single bought the utter stupidity of Gallipoli to world attention greatly hastening the end of the slaughter. He must be spinning in his grave at what his son has become.

]]> By: Antony Loewenstein http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/#comment-264398 Antony Loewenstein Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:42:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/#comment-264398 According to senator Joe Lieberman, freedm has flowered in the country. See my post above. According to senator Joe Lieberman, freedm has flowered in the country. See my post above.

]]> By: smiths http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/#comment-264396 smiths Thu, 01 Dec 2005 01:16:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/12/01/war-is-good-for-profits/#comment-264396 didnt quite work though did it?<br/><br/>'Oil production and energy production are below pre-war levels. Our reconstruction efforts have been crippled by the security situation. Only $9 billion of the $18 billion appropriated for reconstruction has been spent. Unemployment remains at about 60 percent. Clean water is scarce. Only $500 million of the $2.2 billion appropriated for water projects has been spent. And most importantly, insurgent incidents have increased from about 150 per week to over 700 in the last year. Instead of attacks going down over time and with the addition of more troops, attacks have grown dramatically. Since the revelations at Abu Ghraib, American casualties have doubled. An annual State Department report in 2004 indicated a sharp increase in global terrorism'<br/><br/>from Congressman Murtha<br/><br/>exactly what is the good news in iraq that the shabadoo's would have people reporting? didnt quite work though did it?

‘Oil production and energy production are below pre-war levels. Our reconstruction efforts have been crippled by the security situation. Only $9 billion of the $18 billion appropriated for reconstruction has been spent. Unemployment remains at about 60 percent. Clean water is scarce. Only $500 million of the $2.2 billion appropriated for water projects has been spent. And most importantly, insurgent incidents have increased from about 150 per week to over 700 in the last year. Instead of attacks going down over time and with the addition of more troops, attacks have grown dramatically. Since the revelations at Abu Ghraib, American casualties have doubled. An annual State Department report in 2004 indicated a sharp increase in global terrorism’

from Congressman Murtha

exactly what is the good news in iraq that the shabadoo’s would have people reporting?

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