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Originally posted by baltassoc
I hate to disagree with you Ty, but this stikes me as awefully naive.
Not that I disagree that the billions and billions of dollars spent on Iraq in the last two years couldn't have been put to better use in protecting our country and otherwise generally improving the welfare of the world. By putting another 50,000 people on the search for OBL, for example. But I don't think that any country in the world is going to positively respond to the message: we'll give you some money if you become less corrupt. What's in it for the people who are corrupt/in power?
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Say you want to spend $200 billion to make Egypt a beacon for its neighbors. You spend the first $1 billion to bribe the corrupt leaders to move to Switzerland. That still leaves you $199 billion to work with.
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