But White House Eyes Norway's Non-crumbling Infrastructure In a proposal that the White House called "intriguing," the Iraqi Governing Council today offered to exchange Iraq's crumbling infrastructure for America's crumbling infrastructure.
After last week's massive power blackout in the U.S., former energy secretary Bill Richardson said that America had a "third world electricity grid," unintentionally inspiring the Iraqis' extraordinary offer.
After last week's massive power blackout in the U.S., former energy secretary Bill Richardson said that America had a "third world electricity grid," unintentionally inspiring the Iraqis' extraordinary offer.
"We would like to trade our third world electricity grid for the U.S.'s third world electricity grid, straight up," said council president Ibrahim Jafari in a televised speech that reached the estimated one percent of the country with power.
In addition to swapping electricity grids, Mr. Jafari proposed exchanging his nation's crumbling system of underground water pipes for America's crumbling system of underground water pipes.
In addition to swapping electricity grids, Mr. Jafari proposed exchanging his nation's crumbling system of underground water pipes for America's crumbling system of underground water pipes.