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CDMA vs. GSM in Post-war Iraq

Posted by timothy on from the nothing-like-a-free-market dept.

An anonymous reader submits: "Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA) is pressing congress to favor CDMA over GSM for mobile phone service in U.S.-funded reconstruction plans. One reason for pushing this is that a CDMA system would benefit American companies, such as California-based Qualcomm, while GSM would favor European companies. Currently, GSM is the most widely used mobile standard in surrounding countries."

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  1. Re:Well, too bad for them by Azureflare · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Mmmm, cheese.

    Um, I think that it's obvious the French chose a side in the war, as Bush has said oftentimes in the past, "If you ain't with us, yore against us" (note cheesy imitation of texan accent here) So the french and the germans and the chinese and the russians and the canadians and the .... almost every other major nation the world are all TERRORISTS!!! KILL THEM ALLLLL!!!!!

    *ahem* Sorry that was the caeser streak coming through.

  2. Re: Spending OUR money? by davinc · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "Nearly a billion dollars [usaid.gov] is "pitiful quantities?""

    Yes, nearly 1B is pitiful, thats about 1/10th what Israel is getting this year (give or take, I don't have the numbers with me), and we didn't even promise to rebuild them. We spend nearly 1B a day on defense. Warlords are running most of Afghanistan from what I have been reading, and it still costs the US about 1.5B a month to occupy Afghanistan.

    It's called a supplemental: $74.9 billion

    You are refering to the bill that congress had to remind the president failed to even include money promised to Afghanistan? I recall that budget submission yes. I don't expect to see much of that make it to rebuilding Iraq judging by our record with Afghanistan so far. Bush has been intentionally vague about post-war Iraq, just like we were about Afghanistan.

    You recall incorrectly. No such plan has even been floated
    It has been floated:
    here
    here

    I'm heading to bed, so further google searching isn't in my plan for the evening, but I'm sure there are many on capitol hill calling for it. I do recall rumsfeld saying something along the lines of Iraqi oil paying for rebuilding as well. If anyone else has some links for this please feel free to share. Bush though hasn't said anything about it, in fact he has avoided the subject of post-war Iraq as much as possible.