09-01-2004 07:51									#1
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We didn't blow all that much of it up. Our military went after their military and Saddam's palaces. Now that Saddam has cheaper housing, who needs those?

The state of delapidation in Iraq was due to decades of neglect under Saddam, why should the US taxpayer pick up the check? Did we pay to rebuild eastern europe after the Soviet Union went belly up? No, the eastern europeans rebuilt eastern europe, just as Iraqis should rebuild Iraq, yes?

	09-01-2004 07:57									#2
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Of course, the civilian infrastructure hasn't suffered one bit during both Gulf Wars. Nosirree.

	09-01-2004 08:00									#3
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It's called "being nice" maybe you've heard of it. Generally after you invade a nation, you either declare that they're yours, or you help them back up. (Of course, this is in return that we will have their oil for the next 75 billion years, so it's not like we're not getting anything in return.)

	09-01-2004 08:00									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer eastern europeans rebuilt eastern europe,

Rebuilding is the proper word

	09-01-2004 08:02									#5
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quote: Of course, the civilian infrastructure hasn't suffered one bit during both Gulf Wars. Nosirree.

And certainly not from our sanctions, or from the Iraq-Iran war we fueled...

	09-01-2004 08:05									#6
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Sound like we're all in agreement here...

On the flip side though, we did get Saddam off their backs...

	09-01-2004 08:07									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Lancer On the flip side though, we did get Saddam off their backs...

I guess that's a good enough reason to leave them, and to let them struggle with lack of water, electricity, and most importantly oil extraction...

	09-01-2004 08:11									#8
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"I guess that's a good enough reason to leave them, and to let them struggle with lack of water, electricity, and most importantly oil extraction..."

So you're against the garbage trucks?

	09-01-2004 08:11									#9
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quote: On the flip side though, we did get Saddam off their backs...

We also insured that Saddam's tribe would take control of the Ba'athist Party. And we helped Saddam take out the commie opposition in Iraq. And insured that the Iranians wouldn't throw him out of power.

	09-01-2004 08:12									#10
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Well OK OK OK

I guess we should rebuild the place.

	09-01-2004 09:40									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Spiffor Of course, the civilian infrastructure hasn't suffered one bit during both Gulf Wars. Nosirree.

Neither did the decade-long UN sanction initiated by the US of A. No sirree.

	09-01-2004 09:50									#12
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initiated by the USA AND the rest of the world, though some people are suspiciously absent...

Of course we should rebuild Iraq.

	09-01-2004 09:53									#13
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The yankee invaders still owes money to the south for their destructive war against us. So Iraq can just get in line and wait

	09-01-2004 11:34									#14
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Take Germany and Japan for instance. Americans bombed them especially Japan and in the end they contributed massively toward reconstruction efforts. Today Germany and Japan are ones of Americans' closest allies although they don't always meet eye to eye.

	09-01-2004 11:36									#15
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber The yankee invaders still owes money to the south for their destructive war against us. So Iraq can just get in line and wait

We tried reconstructing the South in the 1870s, but thanks to racial/political terrorism from some white Southerners, and corruption/incompetence from some scalawag and carptebagger office holders, it failed.


So what did we do? We reconciled with the South on their terms of white supremacy, with white Republicans betraying the ideals of racial equality.

	09-01-2004 11:43									#16
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Rebuilding Iraq and getting the Iraqis to see improvement is critical to see a pro-US government is elected in the Summer 2004 Iraqi elections.

	09-01-2004 11:43									#17
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quote: Originally posted by DataAeolus Take Germany and Japan for instance. Americans bombed them especially Japan and in the end they contributed massively toward reconstruction efforts. Today Germany and Japan are ones of Americans' closest allies although they don't always meet eye to eye.