The White House has quietly signaled its opposition to a 72-mile levee system in south Louisiana proposed to protect about 120,000 people who have watched the Gulf of Mexico creep ever closer to their homes as the coast erodes.The Bush administration raises concerns about the $900 million project in a draft policy paper being circulated on Capitol Hill as the House of Representatives prepares to consider legislation that would authorize construction.
The amount in question would pay for about a week of waging war in Iraq. In order to provide political cover, however, the occupation must continue until Bush leaves office so that his successor can be blamed for the mess. Since only the dead-enders in the Republican "base" are going to buy this line of argument anyway, why not save a real piece of the good ole' US of A with the money instead?
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