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Bill Bennett: “I agree with the Senator we have overworked it and I want to back away from it with this fact. The country that received…”

On the recordOctober 2, 2003
I agree with the Senator we have overworked it and I want to back away from it with this fact. The country that received the most money in the Marshall plan was Great Britain. It was not rebuilding destroyed countries, destroyed by virtue of our actions in the war. It was rebuilding Europe that was exhausted by the struggle that really began in the First World War and never ended. I think that is the appropriate analogy here. I do not view Iraq as a defeated nation. I view Iraq as a victorious nation that has won a struggle of almost four decades in length with our help.
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Bill Bennett

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Discussing the implications of the Marshall Plan in relation to Iraq.

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