Iraq social subsidies cut

This article talks about the IMF conditions that are being imposed on Iraq to get their economy on the track the US wants it on. It focuses a lot on changes that will ensure oil is handled the way the US wants it to be, but to me, that was expected and is not the interesting part of the article.

The interesting thing to me is that they will also be cutting back on the social subsidy system that was in place under Saddam. Let me get this straight, the "butcher of Baghdad" was more concerned about the welfare of his people than the US is. It's a damn good thing you went in there and liberated them, then, isn't it? I mean, really, what could go wrong? Just destroy the infrastructure and throw the country into complete chaos, while taking away their control over their main source of income. Anyone who can't swim under those conditions deserves to sink!