so far the US taxpayer is paying $80 billions for the liberation of iraq and incidentally disarming the bio-nuclear arsenal of the tyrant saadam.
now, a best price scenario on iraqui oil yields +/- $20 billions per year (profits). so basically we'll lose +/- 50 billions per year; but of course, you say, good old uncle sucker (sam) will make it up in volume !
like we fed germany, france, japan, korea, bosnia, haiti, bangladesh,china, india etc. etc. etc. we have squandered our blood and treasur.
the iraquis and indeed most of the third world are getting one great deal from the USA and UK.... where do all the refugees want to go ?????
if we (usa) are such stinkers then puhleeze stop sending your peoples here... they are really screwing up our domestic labor economy and straining our infrastructure.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land:
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Emma Lazarus
'refuge' is the root of 'refugee'
now, a best price scenario on iraqui oil yields +/- $20 billions per year (profits). so basically we'll lose +/- 50 billions per year; but of course, you say, good old uncle sucker (sam) will make it up in volume !
like we fed germany, france, japan, korea, bosnia, haiti, bangladesh,china, india etc. etc. etc. we have squandered our blood and treasur.the iraquis and indeed most of the third world are getting one great deal from the USA and UK.... where do all the refugees want to go ?????
if we (usa) are such stinkers then puhleeze stop sending your peoples here... they are really screwing up our domestic labor economy and straining our infrastructure.
The New Colossus
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land:
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
Emma Lazarus
'refuge' is the root of 'refugee'