Life in Iraq Has Become “Unbearable,” Economist Stiglitz Says
WRITTEN BY SHERWOOD ROSS Faxts.com
WEDNESDAY, 03 DECEMBER 2008 14:10
The western media, true to form, is blaming Mugabe for the Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, without mentioning sanctions or the situation in Iraq
President Bush’s attack on Iraq has made daily life there “unbearable” for most people, two prominent American business authorities write.
“Five years after the United States occupied Iraq with the stated goal of bringing democracy to its people, the war has essentially ruined the country’s economy, society, and sovereignty,” writes Nobel Prize-winner Joseph Stiglitz with Linda Bilmes in “The Three Trillion Dollar War(W.W. Norton).” Bilmes is a former CFO of the U.S. Commerce Department. Read the rest of this entry »
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