abandoning iraq = insane

[Nolan-Vinny-Sam]

Quote from ARogueTrader:

Abandoning Iraq at this point would be an abandonment of Haliburton.

It will never happen under the current regime.

careful, or I will unlease 1000 nonsensical Maverick posts proving it is all Clinton's fault 2000 if you ad ole buddy Gordy

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Quote from Cutten:

Gordon - why should someone who couldn't give a rats ass what happens to the Iraqis be forced to pay for the reconstruction of the country? The US government is supposed to defend the interests of the American people, not foreigners living half way round the world. If you want to help them then by all means go ahead, but do it on your own paycheque, not someone else's.

I wish someone could explain to me why it is our responsibility to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq. I listened to Tony Snow trying to make the case last week, and it was pathetic. He said things like "it's the right thing to do", "if we don't do it, who will" and finally, "we will make it back in business from the new Iraq because who else are they going to trade with?" Uh, Tony, ever hear of the French, Germ,ans , Russians and Japanese?

I'm not opposed to having troops there, and of course that requires lots of money. I'm talking about these grandiose plans to rebuild the country. Let them borrow the money against oil revenues, just like they did when saddam was running things.