It’s not Chinas fault we borrowed and wasted 2 trillion dollars attacking Iraq. We did that all on our own.

What does Iraq owe us for destroying the entire country, killing millions of people, and making an entire generation of peoples lives hopeless and miserable, and stealing as much oil as we could for decades?

Those people just aren’t grateful….

(01-23-2024 11:33 AM)Todor Wrote:  It’s not Chinas fault we borrowed and wasted 2 trillion dollars attacking Iraq. We did that all on our own.

What does Iraq owe us for destroying the entire country, killing millions of people, and making an entire generation of peoples lives hopeless and miserable, and stealing as much oil as we could for decades?

Those people just aren’t grateful….

Yeah....... I'm gonna need citations for the bolded part above, chief...

(01-23-2024 11:33 AM)Todor Wrote:  It’s not Chinas fault we borrowed and wasted 2 trillion dollars attacking Iraq. We did that all on our own.

What does Iraq owe us for destroying the entire country, killing millions of people, and making an entire generation of peoples lives hopeless and miserable, and stealing as much oil as we could for decades?

Those people just aren’t grateful….

A little hyperbole is one thing, this is beyond mere exaggeration. You can't pull crap out of your ass and not expect to be challenged.

So, back up those claims.

Depending on the source, estimates range - for total deaths - anywhere from 300-500k all the way up to "millions". The high end estimates come from places like WashPo and Salon so you know those are inflated.

I guess the lives of Iraqi's were infinitely better under Sadam in your opinion. And about that opinion, you don't KNOW jack-shite about the numbers other than the wildly varying ones you can glean from the internet. To be fair, none of us do.

(01-24-2024 04:22 AM)TomorrowHerd Wrote:  

(01-23-2024 11:33 AM)Todor Wrote:  It’s not Chinas fault we borrowed and wasted 2 trillion dollars attacking Iraq. We did that all on our own.

What does Iraq owe us for destroying the entire country, killing millions of people, and making an entire generation of peoples lives hopeless and miserable, and stealing as much oil as we could for decades?

Those people just aren’t grateful….

Yeah....... I'm gonna need citations for the bolded part above, chief...

Damn, it took me 4 paragraphs to say that.

(01-24-2024 07:18 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(01-24-2024 04:22 AM)TomorrowHerd Wrote:  

(01-23-2024 11:33 AM)Todor Wrote:  It’s not Chinas fault we borrowed and wasted 2 trillion dollars attacking Iraq. We did that all on our own.

What does Iraq owe us for destroying the entire country, killing millions of people, and making an entire generation of peoples lives hopeless and miserable, and stealing as much oil as we could for decades?

Those people just aren’t grateful….

Yeah....... I'm gonna need citations for the bolded part above, chief...

Damn, it took me 4 paragraphs to say that.

I am a night shift nurse... Words are not my strength... Brevity and sarcasm are

This went south of the point of the OP as soon as the Russian troll entered it.

China's ocean-born trade is entirely dependent on the US Navy securing the trade routes, so in a way we have always been financing China's economy. China can't defend their own merchant ships, because they don't have a blue-water navy.