Quote Originally Posted by psychocat
You must have been hiding in a hole for an awful long time if you don't know that the whole WMD has been done to death and the conclusion is still the same, it was a bullshit excuse .http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/in...t/11intel.html

The two illegal wars that were started under false pretences have cost lives on all sides.
Do you think anyone should pay for wars that America and Britain started other than America and Britain and if so why ?

BTW
Your economy is in the shit because of mismanagement and bad decisions by US companies, what has Iraq got to do with sub prime loans ?BBC NEWS | Business | Q&A: Sub-prime lending
What has Iraq got to do with Ford or GM ?Ford Unveils Deeper Cuts To Fend Off Financial Crisis JOSEPH B. WHITE & JEFFREY MCCRACKEN / Wall Street Journal 15sep2006
You can believe whatever you want but the reality is that America is in financial shit because of America not because of anyone else so why should anyone but America pay ?
Note that I said partly the reason. How much money would we have to help stem off financial disasters likes this if we hadn't gone to war in Afghanistan and Iraq? If having a stable democracy is good for the people of Iraq , what is wrong with everyone working towards a common goal? Is not everyone pulling together better than someone pulling alone? I do not see why you are so against the people of Iraq being able to choose for themselves, Or do you like the ways of old better? I am not saying invading Iraq wasn't a mistake, because it was,but If they are giving this cash up voluntarily what is wrong with that? Maybe they see the need to help us out for our logistical support, as they basically have none. So of course our operations are going to be much more costly than their own. How many life's might that money save instead of sitting in a bank somewhere? Why waste a resource when everything today is so strapped for cash?