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Why aren't we hearing about reconstruction of the oil industry in Iraq? Because frankly, no one really cares. Oh sure, we all want lower gas prices, which some of the hawks now conceed was an important reason we invaded in the first place, but really, other than the human interest angle, who cares about infrastructure construction? If it's going to inconvenience your commute, you care, but who here really wants to know about local construction projects. Yes, these particular projects happen to be important to our self-interests, but they are going to have no immediate impact on us so no one cares.
Show of hands for who wants regular updates on the progress of the repairs to the Alaskan pipeline that's going to have a much more immediate impact on all our lives? There will probably be a little blurb somewhere when it's done, but pipeline construction doesn't sell papers.
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