The Tipping Point On Iraq
Robert Dreyfuss

September 2005 could go down in history as the month in which Iraq policy finally turned around. By all indications, members of Congress returning to Capitol Hill this week will come back having heard, loud and clear, from their constituents that it’s time to end the war in Iraq, victory or no. And it’s not just Democrats. “I’ve been hearing from a lot of folks on the Hill, from Republicans, who are worried about Iraq,” says a former senior state department official. “They’re calling me to ask: How long can this go on?” And when members of Congress ask, “how long,” they mean: "Can it go on like this until November, 2006?"

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Iraq Disintegrating

Right now Congress is gearing up to spend 100+ billion on Katrina. The first appropriation bill for some $52 billion is set to go for only the first five weeks. That's $1.4 billion a day according to CNN. Meanwhile, according to the Guardian the Iraq reconstruction is collapsing because corruption, waste, and security costs are exhausting funding. What are the chances do you think that we'll be able to throw another $20-50 billion at Iraq now to get it working? Logically, we could just add it onto the national debt tab. Politically, people are already balking at the war and that was before Katrina made them resentful about resources diverted to Iraq.

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Iraq charter update fails as U.S. fights in north

Iraq's main Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim sects abandoned efforts to amend a draft constitution on Tuesday and a version rejected by many Sunnis will be printed.

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UN holds presses as Iraq constitution said amended

The United Nations said it refused to start printing Iraq's draft constitution on Thursday, delaying yet again efforts to get millions of copies to voters before a referendum now fixed for October 15.

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  thanks to Juan Cole

Some Iraq Projects Running Out of Money, U.S. Says

The U.S. will halt construction work on some water and power plants in Iraq because it is running out of money for projects, officials said Wednesday.

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  thanks to Juan Cole