Bagdhad wants compensation for the US errecting blast walls

Skybird · 02-17-11, 03:47 PM

This news can be found in articles all over the net today.

http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/...r-damages.html

My attitude on the Iraq war is known, but this is absolutely hilarious, nuts and absurd.

If Obama accepts this, no matter what some Iraqi court rules, then he deserves another spanking.

AVGWarhawk · 02-17-11, 03:52 PM

The US will pay. That's a given.

August · 02-17-11, 03:54 PM

Removing blast walls and barriers. Sounds like progress to me!

Platapus · 02-17-11, 05:17 PM

It is probably a legitimate case. I am sure those barriers did a lot of damage.

Colin Powell was right: You break it, you own it.

Of course what ever happened to the idea touted prior to the invasion that the costs of the invasion and reconstruction would be paid for with Iraqi Oil revenues?

02-17-11, 05:27 PM

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Of course what ever happened to the idea touted prior to the invasion that the costs of the invasion and reconstruction would be paid for with Iraqi Oil revenues?

If you remember there was a late change which meant the US taxpayer would foot the bill.
You may remember that some presidential candidate voted for the bill when Iraq was going to pick up the tab but voted against it when it was changed to America getting the debt, some numbskulls thought he was a really dumb flippy floppity kind of thing.
Those numbskulls are now paying their taxes to fund the madness

Penguin · 02-17-11, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

It is probably a legitimate case. I am sure those barriers did a lot of damage.

Yes, but isn't the question also how much damage they prevented? This is something you cannot calculate however.

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Colin Powell was right: You break it, you own it.

just read this quote for the first time - remember we get translated news here - and checked out its orign. There is a reason why Powell is one of the few Republicans which I can stand....

I would like to know how the Iraqi oil industry does after the troops left. Does anybody have a good source about it as of today? The best I could find is from 2009 about the bidding for oil contracts: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle6493356.ece

02-17-11, 03:47 PM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,620 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Bagdhad wants compensation for the US errecting blast walls This news can be found in articles all over the net today. http://www.mycentraloregon.com/news/...r-damages.html My attitude on the Iraq war is known, but this is absolutely hilarious, nuts and absurd. If Obama accepts this, no matter what some Iraqi court rules, then he deserves another spanking. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

02-17-11, 03:52 PM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	The US will pay. That's a given. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

02-17-11, 03:54 PM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Removing blast walls and barriers. Sounds like progress to me! __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

02-17-11, 05:17 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is probably a legitimate case. I am sure those barriers did a lot of damage. Colin Powell was right: You break it, you own it. Of course what ever happened to the idea touted prior to the invasion that the costs of the invasion and reconstruction would be paid for with Iraqi Oil revenues? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.