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7. What is the Republican plan to pay for the Iraq (Bush's) War, and its on-going costs?
Thu Sep 28, 2017, 02:25 PM
Sep 2017

Republicans have never addressed that "problem", as far as I know.

Republicans expected a short 6-week war in Iraq, then sell Iraq's oil to pay for the US costs of war & occupation.
When that didn't happen, they shoveled out bundles of US dollars to Iraqis, Americans, and anyone who was around at the time with hands out.

The costs continue to this day, and into the long-range future, both in Iraq and here at home, and wounded and traumatized need care for the balance of their lives.

And Republicans have the temerity to point a finger at Democrats?
I don't even want to hear it.

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