The Command Post
Iraq
May 05, 2003
The Weekly Standard On Hearts And Minds

Every pundit on the planet is getting into the Iraq reconstruction recipe game. In this article it's several authors at the Weekly Standard tossing in their two cents. The key ingredients:

President Bush should call on the mayors of a representative list of major cities across the United States to each adopt one Iraqi city, town, or village in order to help restore the public school systems, hospitals, and pharmacies that provide critical services to ordinary Iraqi citizens ...

... General Jay Garner (U.S. Army, Ret.), the interim Iraqi administrator, should ask all Iraqi citizens to return to work under a public works program designed to clean up the mess left by fleeing Baathists and U.S. smart bombs. The first objective should be the revival of all main government ministries within 30 days ...

... Mosques should be places of worship, not depots for weapons or sanctuaries for fanatics. In order to keep Iran's mullahs out of Iraq's mosques, the United States should immediately instate a program designed to protect the operational framework of Iraq's religious institutions.

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Posted By Alan at May 5, 2003 10:04 PM | TrackBack
Comments

A lot of good ideas expressed there.

I think much of the American public is still very much interested in Iraq, and would welcome the chance to partner with Iraqis, and participate directly in the building of Iraq.

Posted by: DSmith at May 5, 2003 10:35 PM

It is in the best interest of the entire world to get the rebuilding of Iraq done right. The partnering up of US cities is a nice idea, if it can be carried out. I am reminded of another old saw, "You can have it fast, or you can have right, but you can't have both." Sure, steady determined effort is called for. Can we get that out of our short attention span theater politician's? Let's take a poll and see if this gets us reelected, Hilary.

Posted by: Elvis at May 11, 2003 01:35 AM
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