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Originally posted by james t kirk
Keep it, I don't want it.
Personally, i actually understand this concept. Canada did not back up the US in its desire to conquor iraq, so we should not be bellying up to the trough now to pick up contracts to "rebuild" iraq. Totally hypocritical if we do.
I think the americans have marked 18 billion towards rebuilding iraq and we have offered a paultry 300 million. Since our population is 1/10 of the US's, we should be offering up 1.8 billion to be fair. We are not.
To the victors go the spoils, that's the way it goes.
Mind you, i think we should reconsider even that paultry 300 million. Or at least ensure that it went to say medical aid for the Iraqis or something noble like that rather than halliburton's fat grease ball hands.
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Canada may have *only* offered 300 million, but the EU offered only like 230-280 million and it is made up of a heck of a lot of countries.
In my opinion, Canada has done more for the US than it will acknowledge. Canada has to shoulder the burden of Afganistan because the US moved all its troops to Iraq. Why should Palau, Micronesia, Tonga, Rwanda, the Solomon Islands, and Angola and other tiny countries get to bid on contracts because they supported the war? Do you think that offering use of airspace nowhere near Iraq really helps more then $300 million?