| luinil said: They have plenty of oil, so why not let them pay us back for the debt we have incurred from this war? Wars are expensive and this one is no different. Once we are paid back, we don't accept any more though (Like Iraq would allow that). What do you guys think? I happen to agree with him on most points. Don't flame me too hard plz. |
No one asked us (the USA) to invade Iraq. We invaded Iraq, in defiance of the United Nations, because we suspected Saddam Hussein of having weapons of mass destruction (biological and/or nuclear), or of actively working to develop them (http://www.state.gov/secretary/former/powell/remarks/2003/17300.htm). We now know that he did not have such weapons, nor was he actively developing them (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-10-06-wmd_x.htm).
The results of our invasion and occupation of Iraq have included (a) somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 Iraqi civilian deaths, (b) about 2 million Iraqi civilians who have fled the country, (c ) a shortage of approximately 65,000 hospital beds in Iraq, and (d) an impending (or already underway) Iraqi civil war (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_conflict_in_Iraq_since_2003). Most Iraqis disagree with the claim that their life is better now than it was under Saddam Hussein (http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2954716).
Given all of that, I don't see why the Iraqi people owe us any money. I do, however, see why WE owe THEM an awful lot.
