Yay, reconstruction. Surprise, surprise, people are pissed off with the US building its puppet government. And who can blame them? We act like we're trying to be all nice about it, but then we do things like this. Maybe people are overreacting, since we know how scrupulous American businessmen are. Props to this Dan Amstutz guy, though - how often does someone get referred to as the Saddam Hussein of agriculture administration?

Also, you may have noticed that I really like the phrase "puppet government". Don't ask why; I think maybe the word "puppet" just makes it amusing. I may have to put "pupet government" up there with "strapped for cash" and "morally bankrupt" in my list of favorite phrases.