MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,348488,00.html > > Ed -- I'm interested in your comments on this, seeing how you kinda > touched on this earlier when I said about them (Iraq) needing to pony up > the bucks instead of the U.S. footing the bill for reconstruction. > > From the article: > > Iraq is looking at a potential boon in oil revenue this year, > possibly as much as $100 billion in 2007 and 2008. Meanwhile, the > U.S. military is having to buy its fuel on the open market, paying > on average $3.23 a gallon and spending some $153 million a month in > Iraq on fuel alone. > > While Iraq pays for fuel for its own troops, it has relied heavily > on U.S. dollars to provide people with basic services, including > more than $45 billion for reconstruction. > > Lacking the votes to order troops home by a certain date, Democrats > see fencing off reconstruction money as an alternative to > challenging the Bush administration's Iraq policies. And several > Republicans have signaled their concerns about burgeoning Iraqi oil > revenues at a time when the war is growing increasingly costly. > > "Isn't it time for the Iraqis to start bearing more of those > expenses, particularly in light of the windfall in revenues due to > the high price of oil?" said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. >
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