Some countries invest in international economic development to foster trade and peace--and some countries get a war and occupation in Iraq.

"Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificually induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear."--General Douglas MacArthur"

See: Best Minds Join Iraqi Exodus, Middle East Times, 11.15.06
See: The other failure in Iraq: The Economy, TruthOut.org
See: Civilian death toll reaches new high, UN says, International Herald Tribune, 11.22.06
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