Hey, just because the U.S. invaded their country and destroyed the infrastructure, doesn't mean we're actually going to rebuild the country. Because, think about it, everyone in America know that clean water and electricity are so overrated, right?:
Just under 20 percent of the reconstruction package remains unallocated. When the last of the $18.4 billion is spent, U.S. officials in Baghdad have made clear, other foreign donors and the fledgling Iraqi government will have to take up what authorities say is tens of billions of dollars of work yet to be done merely to bring reliable electricity, water and other services to Iraq's 26 million people.We're going to build a democracy but not rebuild the basic services we helped destroy. That'll work.
"The U.S. never intended to completely rebuild Iraq," Brig. Gen. William McCoy, the Army Corps of Engineers commander overseeing the work, told reporters at a recent news conference. In an interview this past week, McCoy said: "This was just supposed to be a jump-start."
