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“Skin in the Game”

Rahm Emmanuel on those lazy Iraqis:

"We've put about $45 billion into Iraq's reconstruction . . . and they have not spent their own resources...They have got to have some skin in the game."

In the wake of Petraeus hearing, I'm quickly despairing that the Democrats' newest line on Iraq is: blame the wogs. I mean, really.

Chris Hayes

April 14, 2008

Rahm Emmanuel on those lazy Iraqis:

“We’ve put about $45 billion into Iraq’s reconstruction . . . and they have not spent their own resources…They have got to have some skin in the game.”

In the wake of Petraeus hearing, I’m quickly despairing that the Democrats’ newest line on Iraq is: blame the wogs. I mean, really.

Chris HayesTwitterChris Hayes is the Editor-at-Large of The Nation and host of “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC.


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