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To interject a little something:

They're not paying for the war . That is to say, they won't be compensating us for depleted uranium shells and gas and whatnot. I think the general terms of the deal are that we are going to spend a metric butt ton of money to put them back together again, and quite probably much better off than they were before, and we'll get oil for it since their currency is a total joke on the world market.

If you think about it it's actually a pretty good deal. Throughout history the victors of war have either claimed the country or decimated the population and left it to smolder when they moved on. We're reestablishing their economy, provideding better health care and education, and a stable government. I think everyone can agree that we deserve a little of that proverbial 'fat cash' considering that along with Britain and to a lesser extent, Australia, we're pretty much the only people out there on the field trying to do this for them.