Repirations?

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Should the US gov ernment pay repirations to the Iraqi people who have had their lives destroyed by the war?
 
IvanKaramozov said:
Should the US gov ernment pay repirations to the Iraqi people who have had their lives destroyed by the war?
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Yes it should, but unfortunately there is only a finite supply of resources. It is hard to give an answer that is grounded in budget reality instead of one that is motivated by bleeding heart liberal sentiments.
 
what does that even mean? how can you give some one’s life back by giving them money? how would it work? what would be the goal? is it even feasible?
 
The first group to come to mind would be the supporters of Hussein and his brutal regime.

I’m sure there are others, but there is the difficulty in determining whether their lives are really worse off without the dictator in place.

Of hand I would say no.
If for no other reason then the difficulties in making a real determination concerning destruction of life and the proper reparation.
 
vz71 said:
The first group to come to mind would be the supporters of Hussein and his brutal regime.
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Well we’re in that merry band of culprits arn’t we?
I’m sure there are others, but there is the difficulty in determining whether their lives are really worse off without the dictator in place.
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Well, 1/3 of the country lives in abject poverty and millions have been displaced, so I’d say it’s not that hard.

Of hand I would say no.
If for no other reason then the difficulties in making a real determination concerning destruction of life and the proper reparation.

alright
 
We rebuilt Germany and Japan from the ground up after WWII. They were our enemies, and we did it anyhow. We’re rebuilding Iraq every day now, and then rebuilding what Al Queda (sp) then destroys. When its over, I’ve no doubt we’ll rebuild it again much better than it was before. We’ve always done that. Roanoker
 
OK…do we have any current information on this?

The source listed is over a year old.
 
vz71 said:
OK…do we have any current information on this?

The source listed is over a year old.
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it was written a year and about two weeks ago, are you aware of some economic boom in Iraq that has drastically reduced poverty rates?
 
Depends on what is meant by reparations. If it simply means restore to a better condition, then yeah. If it means you-did-something-wrong-so-pay-us, nope.
 
IvanKaramozov said:
it was written a year and about two weeks ago, are you aware of some economic boom in Iraq that has drastically reduced poverty rates?
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My knowledge of the economic conditions in Iraq is fairly limited, however I do know that a year can change things a great deal.

The idea of deciding who is and is not destitute based upon data that is over a year old seems very problematic.
 
vz71 said:
My knowledge of the economic conditions in Iraq is fairly limited, however I do know that a year can change things a great deal.

The idea of deciding who is and is not destitute based upon data that is over a year old seems very problematic.
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A year can change some things, it does not eradicate mass poverty, if you can find one shred of evidence for some massive economic upswing I’d be happy to look at it.

As for the methodologies of detrmining who get’s repirations, that’s well taken; however I assume the government would have better resources than google, so I’m not to concerned with that.
 
state.gov/documents/organization/101940.pdf

I can read in the reports there that inflation over the past year has dropped from 37% to 1.3%
I’m sure that has a great effect on financial situations in Iraq.

There are many more such “Weekly Status” reports available.
Look here:
state.gov/p/nea/rls/rpt/iraqstatus/c24957.htm

Since it appears that reparations are already being made (to the effect that the country is being rebuilt). So what kind of reparations are being spoken of in the original post?
 
I was under the impression that the U.S. was already spending billions of dollars toward rebuilding Iraq.

– Mark L. Chance.
 
mlchance said:
I was under the impression that the U.S. was already spending billions of dollars toward rebuilding Iraq.
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Yes, that was my impression as well. Perhaps the OP sees a difference between reconstruction aid and reparations. If so, perhaps he can spell out what he means by reparations.
 
One could deduce that the OP was referring to reparations on an individual basis. This is the basis for my initial ‘no’ response.

But actually, the OP has not clarified…So I cannot be certain my response to be accurate.
 
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