Foreign Affairs Discussion Group Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (124516)	2/9/2004 11:53:32 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) of 281500

Hawk, it seems I was under a misunderstanding about Iraq. I didn't know the USA had such a low profile in the 1980s. I thought of Saddam as a 'client' state of the USA in opposition to Iran and as a major oil supplier. Perhaps the USA supplies were paid for in oil so no debts resulted, whereas the French, Germans and Russians were thinking debt wasn't such a bad way of managing their sales, on the assumption that Iraq had lots of oil to sell and so would be able to easily pay. They didn't think that they were supplying a criminal who had no right to commit Iraqis to repay those debts. Now those debts should be written off if they relate to Saddam's rule rather than private loans which should remain in force. Mqurice

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next