Comments on: Kurdistan Post-Game: Dispatch from Erbil http://www.radioopensource.org/kurdistan-post-game-dispatch-from-erbil/ Christopher Lydon in conversation on arts, ideas and politics Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:09:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: enhabit http://www.radioopensource.org/kurdistan-post-game-dispatch-from-erbil/#comment-86741 enhabit Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:22:30 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=980#comment-86741 this is a huge story in my book! where is the coverage? this is a huge story in my book! where is the coverage?

]]> By: Lumière http://www.radioopensource.org/kurdistan-post-game-dispatch-from-erbil/#comment-86740 Lumière Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:58:44 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=980#comment-86740 ////President Bush asked for $103 billion for expenses related to fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. He got that and more: not only deadlines for withdrawing US troops from Iraq, but also $21 billion in additional spending, much of it unrelated to war.\\\ http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/25/war_funding_bill_covers_agricultural_katrina_related_losses/ Bilal says: ///They say, if you don’t vote for me, you’ll lose your job.\\\ Same as it works here in America ! Put a cap on kickbacks, graft, and corruption – apparently the above bill required only 20% (21B$/103B$) in payoffs. 28% of Rhode Island workers (1990 census data) are government workers – our state might be the highest per capita in the US. My mother had a state job - she makes more in retirement than she did working. What makes heaven on earth? Get on the gravy train and find out ! ////President Bush asked for $103 billion for expenses related to fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. He got that and more: not only deadlines for withdrawing US troops from Iraq, but also $21 billion in additional spending, much of it unrelated to war.\\\

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/03/25/war_funding_bill_covers_agricultural_katrina_related_losses/

Bilal says: ///They say, if you don’t vote for me, you’ll lose your job.\\\

Same as it works here in America !

Put a cap on kickbacks, graft, and corruption – apparently the above bill required only 20% (21B$/103B$) in payoffs.

28% of Rhode Island workers (1990 census data) are government workers – our state might be the highest per capita in the US.

My mother had a state job – she makes more in retirement than she did working.

What makes heaven on earth?

Get on the gravy train and find out !

]]> By: Toby in the North http://www.radioopensource.org/kurdistan-post-game-dispatch-from-erbil/#comment-86739 Toby in the North Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:46:27 +0000 http://www.radioopensource.org/?p=980#comment-86739 I'm really glad you guys came back on this as I was also someone who felt that you went very easy on the Kurds. I really hope that Kurdistan, as part of Iraq or not, has a peaceful, prosperous and democratic future - but its not there yet. Just last week <a href="http://jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370278" rel="nofollow"> Lydia Khalil writing in the Jamestown Foundation's Terrorism Monitor</a> had a good article outlining some of the problems and tensions in Kurdistan, based on her interviews with officials in the region. I’m really glad you guys came back on this as I was also someone who felt that you went very easy on the Kurds. I really hope that Kurdistan, as part of Iraq or not, has a peaceful, prosperous and democratic future – but its not there yet. Just last week Lydia Khalil writing in the Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Monitor had a good article outlining some of the problems and tensions in Kurdistan, based on her interviews with officials in the region.

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