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Originally posted by wig
Look, guy... The race is not over. Why do you want to judge it now? Because it supports your ideological position?
Do you think that we have not reaped economic gains from Germany and Japan?
You may be right, and Iraq may turn out to be a losing economic situation. But, you are speculating and offering no alternative theory, just criticism. History is also not on your side.
I guess you have never had a mortgage or a car loan or a line of credit or even any credit card debt????
I don't know where you studied economics. I'd get my money back. 
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Go to jail..go DIRECTLY to jail..do NOT pass go..do not collect $200 or even 2 cents!
This thread is about how much the war is costing the American taxpayer. You pipe up with "But we've got their oil!" and I asked a simple question: How much money have we made from selling Iraqi oil?
Instead of answering you talk about a "race" (RACE?), join King in fond memories of how we rebuilt Germany & Japan (50 years ago..and they were educated industrialized western countries, not a poor backward country with no infrastructure.)
Then you talked about a CAR LOAN? Geez..is there a nice International Househould Finance were the U.S. can get an interest free loan to pay for all of this?
My point, and this thread's point is that we are throwing money down a rathole in Iraq that we can ill afford to spend right now or continue spending for any indefinite period.