On Monday, August 14, 2006 at 15:02:54 (-0400) Robert Naiman writes: >I would like to promote this idea on the grounds that 1) the US is >responsible 2) everyone is pissed at us 3) giving people jobs building >stuff tends to put them in a good mood 4) it's plausible that the >endgame of this is that this is the last Israeli invasion of Lebanon, >and a permanent strengthening of the Lebanese government and political >system, and a vigorous Marshall Plan would help bring this about 5) >the amount of money involved is huge relative to the Lebanese economy >but 6) piddling in relation to the US economy. > >An ideal spokesperson for this would be someone involved or connected >somehow with the original Marshall Plan who would be willing to e.g. >write or sign an op-ed on the topic. Any leads?
Why a Marshall Plan, the intent of which was to widen our empire? Why not simple reparations? Bill
