Shhhhh -- don't tell CNN
or MSNBCBS... it would only disillusion them. Ever wonder what happened to the piles of ca$h Saddam left lying around? Captain 2Slick has a report:I think the winning idea for “The Blinding Flash of the Obvious” goes to the 101st Infantry Division. In the course of combat operations and searching for weapon caches the 101st came across large amounts of Ba’athist cash. They immediately turned right around and spent the money in the local economy for humanitarian efforts. During 2003 they seized and spent $178 million. Other units are now continuing the program.
2Slick describes another "new" concept:
What's next for Fallujah? This simple answer to this question can be found by looking at the current state of affairs in Samarra, Najaf, and Sadr City. Oh, I'm sorry- the press isn't telling you anything about that. Well, the short story is that our forces are steadily working on financing and supervising reconstruction projects- employing a substantial Iraqi work force and getting the towns back on their feet. Newly trained Iraqi cops provide security and protection, and US forces just sort of monitor the situation and help where they're needed. This is what we in the business call an "exit strategy ."
Oh, yeeeah -- that thing no journalist or blue-stater seems to be able to recognize.
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