The New Order

Nice to see the boys getting their pay in Iraq. The man chosen to lead the rebuilding of Iraqi agriculture is the former executive of the biggest grain exporting company in America. Oxfam considers it the equivalent of placing Saddam Hussein as chair of a human rights committe!!! There would have been many other candidates to choose from among the vibrant US NGO groups. We know the wolves have been at the carcass of the Oil industry, but it looks as if little else will be left after the bones are stripped clean anywhere else. The people of Iraq should have a say in how their economy is integrated into world markets, but the US obviously has better ideas. Being forced to march through the complex minefield of neo-liberal economics is not the only way Iraq can rebuild, but with a gun pointed at its forehead, Iraq has little alternative…

Posted by Ian at May 2, 2003 11:17 AM | TrackBack §