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Iraq
President #Trump says US presence not leaving #Iraq ‘unless they pay us back’
2020-01-06
Does the Iraqi government have any money? I thought it had all somehow fallen into various pockets while no one was looking. Isn’t that why the common folk have been protesting for months?
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According to The Times of Israel, that base cost US $1 billion with a B.
Posted by:Fred

#10  Make the Iraqi Parliament sit through an IRS audit of their books.The process alone is akin to torture and you just know they'll find issues with teh bookkeeping and payoffs to the family and friends.
Posted by: ruprecht   2020-01-06 19:49  

#9  The Trump Corollary to the Trump Doctrine
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-06 08:52  

#8  "Gettin' overrun by Persian mooks? Fuck you, pay me!"
Posted by: Raj   2020-01-06 08:45  

#7  Turn the problem over to the U.S. Treasury Dept. They are superb (as the Swiss damn-well know) at tracking down illegal currency moves.
Posted by: b   2020-01-06 07:47  

#6  Brilliant move.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-01-06 07:43  

#5  The real tragedy here is we permitted them to hang Saddam. Keeping him at GITMO could have permitted his eventual return to power, which is what these people sorely deserve.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-01-06 07:43  

#4  I'm sure Trump has foreclosed on defaulters before...
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-01-06 07:17  

#3  ^ That's Option B, to be invoked after the Iraqi gov't thieves balk at returning our billions.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-06 02:04  

#2  Sorry, wrong answer. Forget the money. Bulldoze everything, crater the runways. Fly out or drive down to Kuwait and be done with the bastids.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-01-06 02:00  

#1  Nice! Master stroke.
Posted by: Lex   2020-01-06 01:51  

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