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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:36 AM Original message |
U.S. To Hand Over Iraq Bases, Equipment Worth Billions |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Probably not worth the effort |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. The DoD loves to spend taxpayer money |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Sure they do, they always get a blank check, no matter what decade, no matter what war. nt |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Sure we do. |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Please pay no attention to this. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. "It's money we spent and we're not going to recoup." How nice! |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder how long it will take before the equipment is used against us. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. They will just buy new stuff as the cycle of war continues. |
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on point (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:57 AM Response to Original message |
5. A drop in the bucket in the war reparations we owe them for an illegal war |
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Prospero1 (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
6. They've got all that oil... |
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pam4water (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 06:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Will probably fall into decay. |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yep. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 07:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. IRaqi Yard Sale! Two for One for Al-qaida Customers! Tell Your Friends! |
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1776Forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. From the article: "In a crazy way, what we left in Iraq was our good credit rating." |
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captain jack (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Can't continue the cycle of war without both sides being armed, right? |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
13. Now the problem is obvious! |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. You make an excellent point..... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
14. Much of it will be sold off to third parties. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. they'll be used in a war against usa in the future as has happened before |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
17. Yeah, but rich people got rich from it and that's all that matters. That's the only thing in the |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. About as well said as can be. |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. Not that we could have used that money for something better... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. This practice is not new. Did we bring heavy equipment home from |
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mckara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
20. The United States will Recoup Its Losses |
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Major Nikon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
22. Makes you proud to be a fucking American, doesn't it? |
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AlbertCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
23. They should destroy it all. |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Saw This Coming |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
25. Thing is, a lot of that stuff got built over and over and over and over. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
26. The evil that man does come back to haunt him |
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Hoosier Daddy (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
27. Just proving (once again) how generous we are! |
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whathappened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
28. thats b.s |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. Kick! |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
31. good. the poor bastards can put up a marginally better defense, next time some scumbags come over - |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. The majority of equipment and supplies that was in Iraq was already sent to Afghanistan |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
34. Send a thank you note to AWOL Bush. |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
35. Billions and Billions and Trillions |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. When we want to stay in a country, we say we can't leave because of the equipment--logistics, yada |
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Ash_F (105 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-22-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
37. A bunch of weapons? Hope they leave more useful stuff.... |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. Always money to waste but no money for social programs, the Empire makes me ill. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
39. makes sense to me.. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. Of course some of the weapons in this giveaway will be used |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
41. Now they'll have some place to store those pallets of hundred $ bills |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 10:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. Iran says thank you USA for all of the war making equipment. |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-23-11 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. The engines in those tanks should be turned into diesel generators. There's an endless number |
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