Payback - French, Germans and Russians barred from Iraq contracts

[Skyjack666]

Originally posted by Sava
indirectly
it was implied...

wow is that nit picking...OK, Sava, i'll just tiptoe over here....mmmmkay?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Sava

his daddy and reagan did... oh wait, no they sold nuclear components to Iraq... wrong evil nation that the US supported

Sava...They weren't an evil nation, but a good, democratic nation valiantly fighting the evil terrorists of the terrroist nation of Iran

[Sava]

CNN is reporting Halliburton is screwing taxpayers again by charging double for gasoline... War Profiteering is treason in my world... so is overbilling the Armed Forces for gas.

Oh but we can't give those evil frenchies any contracts...

[Harovan]

Originally posted by oedo
why donating water pumps to baghdad when you can sell nucelar plants to beijing?

So true. I heard, Pyongyang wants some too.

[Bereta_Eder]

Germany rejected the list and France is examining its legitimiacy. They're going to go for it after all

Oh USA... you used to be smarter and stronger than that

[Vesayen]

What the hell was he thinking barring russia?

[Verto]

If the Soviet Union wanted our money, they should've sent troops to Babylonia.

[Vesayen]

The point is that Russia is still important globally, France isnt and hasent been for some time.

To add Russia and U.S. has been on PRETTY good terms for some time-even though they didnt support the war and might of sold Sadam some stuff, we should of over looked it for the sake of GOOD RELATIONS(a concept that seems foreign to this administration).

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by DanS
As an American taxpayer, I have no problem with excluding companies from non-participating countries from being prime contractors on our portion of the aid. It's our $19 billion, after all.

The Canadians can direct their own aid dollars as they wish. If they want to exclude American companies, they are free to do so.

As for France, Germany, or Russia, why any crocodile tears would be shed for them for missing out on contracts for American aid dollars is beyond me.

As an American taxpayer, I do have a problem. I want to get my money's worth. So **** all the nationalism. Give the contracts to the most capable companies, and do right by the taxpayers.

[Ramo]

I have no wish in being complacent to this blatant corporate whoring.

What's more alarming than shutting the Euros out is that we tend not to use Iraqi contracters even when they can get the job done cheaper, and we're giving contracts to notoriously anti-union businesses.

[Ned]

I understand that France, Russia and Germany are promoting the reconstruction of Iraq by insisting on prompt payment of Iraq's outstanding debt to them that was incurred in major part for illegal arms sales to Saddam to kill Americans and Brits, and to torture his own people.

And posters here say something about America sucking Iraq dry when American is giving Iraq 20 billion in reconstruction aid? The outrageous hypocrisy of the axis of weasels is something to behold.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Ned
I understand that France, Russia and Germany are promoting the reconstruction of Iraq by insisting on prompt payment of Iraq's outstanding debt to them that was incurred in major part for illegal arms sales to Saddam to kill Americans and Brits, and to torture his own people.

And posters here say something about America sucking Iraq dry when American is giving Iraq 20 billion in reconstruction aid? The outrageous hypocrisy of the axis of weasels is something to behold.

Ned, Fox News
Always Fair and Balanced

[GePap]

And now the Russians can tell washington to forget about anyone in Iraq having the 8 billion in debts forgiven..heck, the Russians might end up with more money thanks to this move..

[Skyjack666]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Germany rejected the list and France is examining its legitimiacy. They're going to go for it after all

Oh USA... you used to be smarter and stronger than that

and what can they do about it?

NOTHING

[GePap]

Actually, if the French find that this violates terms of the WTO, they can take the US to court.

And they can refuse to forgive any of Iraq's debt to them as well, like the Russians might.