j.l....
we invade Iraq and they should pay us....how does your logic....which is questionable at best....work....
Originally Posted by stevepar
Well, if you recall the first Persian Gulf War, the US Treasury was fully repaid by the Saudis and Kuwaitis for all of our military costs... Twelve years later, we got rid of Saddam and helped the Iraqis hold free elections that put the Shiite majority in power after years of suffering under Saddam's oppression. So yes, by logic the new government should reimburse us for this favor. Unfortunately, they don't do gratitude well in the Middle East and the US is too high-minded to follow the old dictum of Victoribus Spolia...
Today most of Iraq's oil output is sold to China and transported on tankers protected by our 5th Fleet based in Bahrain. The Iraqi Shiites squabble with the Iraqi Kurds over the revenues but most of it disappears down the cesspool of local corruption. Since this is the Middle East, there may yet be a silver lining. Malaki now wants to buy Blackhawks and other US arms to kill the al queda miscreants he stupidly allowed to overrun Fallujah and parts of Ramadi. Could be a good way to recycle Iraqi petrodollars.
Ok, enough about Iraq. Isn't this thread supposed to be about Odumbo's tax increases?
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