Iraq asks U.S. congressman to leave after he says they should ‘repay’ for war

[XOKCowboy]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/06/11/iraq-asks-u-s-congressman-to-leave-after-he-says-they-should-repay-for-war/

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi authorities have asked for a US congressman to leave the country after he called for Baghdad to repay part of the money spent by Washington since the 2003 invasion, a spokesman said on Saturday.

Republican representative Dana Rohrabacher's remarks at a news conference in Baghdad stood in stark contrast to those by senior American officials, who have pressed Iraqi officials to decide soon whether they want US troops to stay beyond a year-end withdrawal deadline.

"We called the US embassy yesterday and we told them to ask the congressmen to leave Iraq," government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told AFP. "We don't want them here. What they said was inappropriate."

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"Once Iraq becomes a very rich and prosperous country... we would hope that some consideration be given to repaying the United States some of the mega-dollars that we have spent here in the last eight years," Rohrabacher told journalists at the US embassy on Monday.

Typical Republican thinking. We "liberated" you now where's our check? :eyes:

[dipsydoodle]

1. Good.

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[roguevalley]

10. Iraq should ask us to kill as many of our own civilians as we killed

of theirs. Tit for tat, dana baby.

[NBachers]

18. And his district crop-dusted with "depleted" uranium

[roguevalley]

22. it is tragic how hard hearted some are. I would not want their karma

[RufusTFirefly]

2. I'd be appalled if this cold-blooded ignorance weren't so common

Oh, and by the way, why hasn't Anita Hill apologized to Clarence Thomas yet?

[woo me with science]

3. Yeah, but he'll be badass for the Tea Party when he runs again in his district.

:eyes:

[XOKCowboy]

6. Oh yeah I'm sure Faux News will be all over this...

framing it as "bold" and "reasonable" for those dirty Muslims to have to pay for us wrecking their country. After all they thought Trump's "we should take their oil because we won" was totally reasonable.

[Avant Guardian]

4. Those who supported the war should pay for it

Pony up, Dana.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

5. Kinda like an axe-murderer demanding payment for wear and tear on the axe and blood stains.

[XOKCowboy]

8. Good analogy nt

[OHdem10]

7. Not defending the Congressman but let us go back to the selling

of the Iraq War to American People.

Wolfowitz declared before Congress that Iraqi OIL
would pay for the war. Did he tell the Iraqis?
Probably not. I do not believe you tell a country
you are about to invade: BTW, you will help pay for
this invasion with oil profits.

We have invested so much in bribes to get cooperation
and actually rebuilding destroyed infrastructure, we
will never be paid.

It would be a different story had the narrative been
the Iraqis want to change their government and are asking
to US for assistance. Instead we invade to overthrow Sadam
Hussein.

It may sound good to the Righties to think we might be able
to get some form of repayment but we do not have a leg
to stand on in demanding it.

Face it Republicans, you love to throw good maoney after
bad if you can get a war going. War is a money losing
endeavor.

[XOKCowboy]

9. Republicans have already been "paid back"

in the form of "no bid" contracts for Halliburton and Blackwater, etc. Also in the form of BILLIONS of dollars in defense contracts to keep the War Machine running.

[janet118]

11. I think Cheney and Bush and Powell and Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld . . .

should pay reparations to Americans and Iraqis. Let's get a court order and hit them with liens so when escape to a South American country with no extradition treaty we can sell off their property.
Sorry . . . just fantasizing.

[BattyDem]

12. Let me get this straight ...

we launched an unprovoked war on their country, blew up everything in sight (except the oil wells), killed a countless number of people, maimed thousands more ... and they're supposed to give us our money back?!?!?

:wtf:

[XOKCowboy]

19. Republican revisionist history....

We did THE WORLD a service by invading Iraq to depose (kill) Saddam. After all he'd GASSED HIS OWN PEOPLE and we were SPREADING DEMOCRACY. OK there was a little collateral damage but the oil fields are safe.

[Gregorian]

13. We don't need Bin Laden when we have Rohrabacher .

Republicans do not represent this country. They represent money. As if they hadn't already made enough off the illegal invasion they started.

[LiberalFighter]

14. If the war was brought on by...

1) Bush wanting revenge then the Bush family should pay.

2) Oil companies wanting unfettered access to oil in Iraq then the oil companies should pay.

3) Wolfowitz and his pro-Israeli gang in conjunction with Israel to wage war then Wolfowitz and their pro-Israeli organization should pay. The Israeli's too.

4) Cheney and his defense buddies for the purpose of forcing the USA to buy military goods then the the likes of Grunman and others should pay.

5) Iraq's desire to have their civilians killed and buildings bombed so new ones would be built then the Iraqi's should pay. :sarcasm:

[Marr]

15. Uh, WE already paid your defense industry cronies, Dana.

The contractors were mostly American. In a very real sense, the Iraq invasion/occupation was a rolling scheme for handing more US tax dollars to well-connected fat cats.

They've been paid. We, the general populace, paid them handsomely for doing bad work. We even sent our friends and relatives to bleed out for their little scheme. And Dana thinks the country that was invaded should now pay the fat cats AGAIN?

[XOKCowboy]

21. Well said...

Sorry to say it's still going on today. The contractors are still there and the warmongering corporations are still getting paid.

[lsewpershad]

16. These clowns

should be chased out of every country they visit and act like the fools they are.

[Edweird]

17. "Here are some complimentary shoes as a parting gift"

[Initech]

20. I'm really glad this POS is my representative!

:puke:

[Rex]

23. It is SOOO embaressing having lowly creatures represent U.S. humans

overseas! Seems we are having a dry spell on humans.