[A-List] US Imperialism: Middle East

[Henry C.K. Liu]

Oh, so its a whole dollar per person.  Excuse me!

Stephen Holden wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Henry C.K. Liu wrote:
>
> > Considering that there are 300 million arabs, the Bush plan adds up to
> > ten cents per Arab. Remember what happened to the Shah of Iran when he
> > tried to modernize Iran?
>
> Considering that the article quoted Powell referring specifically to the
> Middle East, they're only talking about 75 million people, and only 33
> million if you exclude Saudi Arabia and Yemen.  It reduces further to
> children and those without jobs if you read the whole thing.
>
> -steve