jibber

well, as poorly thought out and executed plans so often go, it went horribly wrong and the country itself isnt getting any compensation. The CEO's of private companies that have been given security contracts however have gotten a huge windfall since the beginning of the war. And funny, those same CEO's are very closely tied to the high ups in the bush administration...

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Predator

Where were you in the 10 years before the war?



Receiving compensation from the United States, not Iraq.

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jibber

i was living in a country bordering iraq, and yourself?

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jibber

And how exactly would they be receiving compensation for a security contract in a war zone if there wasn't a war zone to work in?

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WendyCal

Nay, nay, Jose. We don't barge in, ANYWHERE, with 'guns blazing!' Unless, of course, we're dropping into a hot zone.

Why would you say that, Jibber? About if it's one of the poor kids? In the communities i've lived in for the past 25 years, we took care of our own. If they were poor, we took them to the doctor, and paid the bill. If they were hungry, we took them to the store and bought them groceries. If they didn't have a place to even live, we all pitched in and bought them something. If they were orphans, we raised them and loved them.

Americans don't hate poor people.

We hate people that don't need to be poor, but are too lazy to even take the help we freely give, to begin to help themselves.

Predator

Same as a foster parent.

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jibber

OHH, I get it now! the iraqi people didn't demand help to establish a democracy, so the US had no other choice but to bomb the **** out of them until they accepted it.

"We're helping you! *bomb* adopt our democratic system damn it! *bomb* we're f*cking helping you! *BOMB*

right, just as the khmer rouge were justified in killing millions because their citizens would not cry out for help against a corrupt regime. Just like the Nazi's invaded poland, denmark, france etc. because they didn't ask for help from the "jewish bolsheviks."

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jibber

yeah, except in the case of the iraq war, the "foster parent" would beat the **** out of the kid's legs to take his mind off the cigarette burns on his arms.

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The Unfan

Oh really? That explains the current situation.

Because its true.
If they were rich we forcibly removed the money from their hands and gave it to the poor.

Republicans do. Thats why we liberals stepped in with Welfare.

So you hate people for making a life style choice that differs from yours? ****.

Predator

Serving in the United States Army with deployments to countries such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia and Korea. On the borders facing down guns and artillery pointed right at me. Monitoring the situations in countries that I could go to war against.

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