US congressman wants Iraq to repay US for war cost.

[Ashu]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 1c2cf38e69

[EbilCC]

they should lol

[Juliette]

Hail the conquering heroes.

*chuckles*

[MEZZANINE]

They are already paying by selling us oil, reducing the oil prices by making more available on the market and spending the money paying us to rebuild what we destroyed. The oil revenues of Iraq already go into western economies just by indirect routes.

Reasons for the war

1) To install a friendly government we could trade with because we need their natural resources and cant legally take them.

2) To show off and sell advanced weaponry to our allies, wars make the greatest adverts and create demand in the arms trade.

3) To make an example of a hostile nation so others will trade with us and make the changes to their countries needed for us trade with them without appeared immoral in the media.


Remember Versailles, impoverishing a beaten enemy by taxing them for the cost of beating them leaves them with nothing to lose, they will rise up and fight again. To subdue an enemy you must ensure they always have something to lose, something they dont want to lose, make peace even subduction more attractive than fighting.

[Juliette]

Heh, Germany was a LOT more economically and industrially capable by the end of WWI as Iraq has been in it's long history. Even if they rise up, they wouldn't pose a threat to anyone, really.
But your point stands, and is fair. Besides.. the USA spent WAY more than they had to..

[[KMA]Avenger]

LOL!

[Kit-Fox]

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[Psyko]

I don't think Iraq should pay...I think Bush should. It was all his **Filtered** fault anyway.

[Loki™]

I don't think Iraq should pay...I think Bush should. It was all his **Filtered** fault anyway.

Don't you think it's naive to blame one man for all this crap? Sure he made lots of mistakes but you shouldn't say "It was all his fault! He is bad man". He was a man that just had bigger decisions to make than most ever will and he handled them worse than he could have.

[Z E R O]

"The Article requested is no longer available"

Another source? I can't seem to read the article.

[Psyko]

I don't think Iraq should pay...I think Bush should. It was all his **Filtered** fault anyway.

Don't you think it's naive to blame one man for all this crap? Sure he made lots of mistakes but you shouldn't say "It was all his fault! He is bad man". He was a man that just had bigger decisions to make than most ever will and he handled them worse than he could have.

I don't blame Bush for everything that happened. There were inter-agency communication mistakes, and millions of other problems during his time in office. Also, there is now President Obama. What I blame Bush for is moving our troops into Iraq before we had completely handled Afghanistan. For spreading our troops, and our resources, rather thin across the Middle East.

I supported taking action against those who attacked the United States on 9-11, but I did not support the move into Iraq because I felt it was premature, the intel had not been verified, and it looked like a vendetta Bush had against Hussein. As soon as we moved into Iraq, Afghanistan was basically forgotten and our hunt for Al-Qaeda was put on the back burner for "taking out a tyrant". I'm not saying it shouldn't have happened, but it should have been done better.

He's a former US President, which means he still has a 6-figure salary each year for the rest of his life. I understand compensating a President after they have served for the country, but if said former President is rich on his own money, he doesn't need the nearly $200,000/yr that the government is paying him in non-taxable income. He should give that back to the United States anyway, but I would want it to go toward paying off the war debt.

I believe my previous post was written in haste before a meeting, and I forgot to return and edit it with further information explaining my position.

[Lithium]

its a new policy to promote.

if u dont mess wit us u ll pay for not doing it:)

[Juliette]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/29/us-forces-hand-tens-of-billions-dollars-military-equipment-over-to-iraqis/

Pfft.

[Psyko]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/29/us-forces-hand-tens-of-billions-dollars-military-equipment-over-to-iraqis/

Pfft.

And we wonder why we're broke.

[Loki™]

I don't think Iraq should pay...I think Bush should. It was all his **Filtered** fault anyway.

Don't you think it's naive to blame one man for all this crap? Sure he made lots of mistakes but you shouldn't say "It was all his fault! He is bad man". He was a man that just had bigger decisions to make than most ever will and he handled them worse than he could have.

I don't blame Bush for everything that happened. There were inter-agency communication mistakes, and millions of other problems during his time in office. Also, there is now President Obama. What I blame Bush for is moving our troops into Iraq before we had completely handled Afghanistan. For spreading our troops, and our resources, rather thin across the Middle East.

I supported taking action against those who attacked the United States on 9-11, but I did not support the move into Iraq because I felt it was premature, the intel had not been verified, and it looked like a vendetta Bush had against Hussein. As soon as we moved into Iraq, Afghanistan was basically forgotten and our hunt for Al-Qaeda was put on the back burner for "taking out a tyrant". I'm not saying it shouldn't have happened, but it should have been done better.

He's a former US President, which means he still has a 6-figure salary each year for the rest of his life. I understand compensating a President after they have served for the country, but if said former President is rich on his own money, he doesn't need the nearly $200,000/yr that the government is paying him in non-taxable income. He should give that back to the United States anyway, but I would want it to go toward paying off the war debt.

I believe my previous post was written in haste before a meeting, and I forgot to return and edit it with further information explaining my position.

I'm annoyed every time I see an ignorant american who blames everything on bush (like he 'cause every problem in the US) but it seems you arent one of them after all.