DEAR EDITOR – As Britain and the U.S. are clearly suffering economically, ideologically and morally in the Middle East, I think they should take advantage of the Iraqi President’s call for them to leave the country and do just that.
We know the predicted cost of the offensive in the region to the U.S. economy is approximately US$3 trillion, at least according to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. The cost to Britain could be half of that figure.
This figure dwarfs the US$700 billion G.W. Bush asked Congress to approve to rescue the U.S. economy from an impending recession.
If I was G.W.B. (of America) or G.B. (of Britain) I would consider this statement very seriously and leave Iraq immediately and direct those funds to rescuing a financial crisis which is now threatening the whole capitalist system.
For countries that blamed Zimbabwe for an offensive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the late 90s, you would think that common economic sense would prevail and they wouldn’t spend trillions of taxpayers' dollars on an offensive in the Middle East, especially in Iraq where they ousted a leader who had nothing to do with the 9/11 bombings.
Farai Mambo London
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Nehoreka • Jekanyika@googlemail.com Subject: You missed it Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:54:54 • Farai Mambo, you all missed it, the lraq president is saying that to divert attention from the assert stripping which is taking place right now.
lraq oil minister is here in London now selling all the oil reserves which is about 46% of Asian oil.
l know it feels good to hear such words from lraq since it tallies with what VaMugabe says, but lraq president did not march or will never follow it up with action.
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