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2020-01-06 Iraq

President #Trump says US presence not leaving #Iraq ‘unless they pay us back’

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Posted by Fred 2020-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top
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#1 Nice! Master stroke.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-06 01:51|| 2020-01-06 01:51|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-01-06 02:00|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-01-06 02:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure Trump has foreclosed on defaulters before...

Posted by Mercutio 2020-01-06 07:17|| 2020-01-06 07:17|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-01-06 07:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Brilliant move.

Posted by Woodrow 2020-01-06 07:43|| 2020-01-06 07:43|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-01-06 07:47|| Front Page Top

#8 "Gettin' overrun by Persian mooks? Fuck you, pay me!"

Posted by Raj 2020-01-06 08:45|| 2020-01-06 08:45|| Front Page Top

#9 The Trump Corollary to the Trump Doctrine

Posted by Lex 2020-01-06 08:52|| 2020-01-06 08:52|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2020-01-06 19:49|| Front Page Top

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