From The Dissident Voice
By Thomas Riggins

Tucked away inside the the International Section of Thursday’s New York Times (5-3-07, page 14) is a small piece by Ian Austen in Ottawa (Iraq Reconstruction Is Doomed, Ex-Chief of Global Fund Says.)

This little piece shows very clearly how the Bush Administration is its own worse enemy ( we already know it is the enemy of
the American and Iraqi people.)

What we find, big surprise, is, that while Bush makes his own reality, actual reality has been undercutting any chance for his
having a victory in Iraq.

The most revealing part of this little piece is the quotes from a gentleman named Michael Bell who was the chairman of the
International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq. Mr. Bell, a Canadian ended his two year stint in March.

This fund is very important. After the US destroyed the Iraqi infrastructure, the population (most of whom now say they were better off under Saddam), were thrown upon hard times: no electricity, deteriorating living standards, etc. To keep the support of the people, and thus make an insurgency less likely or, at least, smaller and with less popular support, it was necessary to rapidly extend reconstruction aid to the population.

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