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CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
edited June 2013 in A Moving Train
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/donald-trump-iraq-oil-china-92135.html
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“I’m not knocking China; I’m knocking our leadership. How can they allow this to happen? We spend $1.5 trillion, we lose thousands of lives, we destroy a country … but China is in there taking out all the oil, and we’re getting nothing,” Trump said.

And as China takes advantage, Trump said, the U.S. continues to pay for security for the region.

“I think it’s very nice of us, we have our Fifth Fleet over there making sure the waters are nice and calm,” Trump said. “I’ve said it a thousand times … we shouldn’t have been there, but if we’re there, take the oil. Take the oil. At least pay back, at a minimum, pay back — take the oil. Well guess what? China is taking the oil, but they didn’t have to fight.”
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Donald... you poor misguided ignorant douche. Maybe... just maybe... Iraq IS paying us back because we went over there and DESTROYED THEIR COUNTRY and KILLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THEIR PEOPLE.
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Sorry, but Payback is a bitch.
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  • SmellymanSmellyman Posts: 4,524
    Trump is a douche....


    and considered a viable GOP candidate... :lol:
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    Smellyman wrote:
    Trump is a douche....


    and considered a viable GOP candidate... :lol:


    trump as a GOP candidate guarantees a democrat win.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 Posts: 23,303
    Smellyman wrote:
    Trump is a douche....


    and considered a viable GOP candidate... :lol:
    remember the theads early in the campaign proclaiming him the next president?

    :fp:
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    The US "taxpayer" does foot alot of the bill for keeping the "world" safe.
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  • puremagicpuremagic Posts: 1,907
    Hey Trump – YOU’RE FIRED

    Haifa pipeline (reopened ) into the Kirkuk oil fields =’s the fact that Iraq’s oil is being siphoned off through Israel, for domestic use and distribution to the US and UK bypassing Turkey’s pipelines and ports. We don't do anything for nothing, we always get something out of the deal.
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  • dignindignin Posts: 9,336
    callen wrote:
    The US "taxpayer" does foot alot of the bill for keeping the "world" safe.

    Safe from what?
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    callen wrote:
    The US "taxpayer" does foot alot of the bill for keeping the "world" safe.

    and the US is expected to support or help everybody that is being invaded or overthrown.

    Godfather.
  • puremagicpuremagic Posts: 1,907
    callen wrote:
    The US "taxpayer" does foot alot of the bill for keeping the "world" safe.


    Really, sometimes the cost cannot be defined in terms of money.
    SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Godfather. wrote:
    callen wrote:
    The US "taxpayer" does foot alot of the bill for keeping the "world" safe.

    and the US is expected to support or help everybody that is being invaded or overthrown.

    Godfather.
    ...
    The problem is... the U.S. is the one that is invading and overthrowing.
    We need to stop meddling in other country's internal affair to gain favors that support 'America's Best Interests'. For example, while in Iraq, we SHOULD be looking out for IRAQ'S BEST INTERESTS, not ours. It is THEIR country, not ours.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • Godfather.Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Cosmo wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    callen wrote:
    The US "taxpayer" does foot alot of the bill for keeping the "world" safe.

    and the US is expected to support or help everybody that is being invaded or overthrown.

    Godfather.
    ...
    The problem is... the U.S. is the one that is invading and overthrowing.
    We need to stop meddling in other country's internal affair to gain favors that support 'America's Best Interests'. For example, while in Iraq, we SHOULD be looking out for IRAQ'S BEST INTERESTS, not ours. It is THEIR country, not ours.


    ohhh dude ! I agree big time, let them kill each other-close our borders-stop all forgin aid-stop buying their oil and drill our own-stop all out sourcing from the US-stop international internships for jobs-just put the friggin skids on everything.


    Godfather.
  • callencallen Posts: 6,388
    Godfather. wrote:
    ohhh dude ! I agree big time, let them kill each other-close our borders-stop all forgin aid-stop buying their oil and drill our own-stop all out sourcing from the US-stop international internships for jobs-just put the friggin skids on everything.


    Godfather.
    Actually it would be much better to stop all drilling in the US, use all the foreign oil...then when it runs out we'll still have our oil.....and it'll be worth more at that time. Okay maybe not all drilling as it would hurt economy but the ole Drill baby Drill is NOT in our best interest. Especially as oil is a global comodity and increasing our production is a drop in the global bucket and will not affect prices.
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    callen wrote:
    Godfather. wrote:
    ohhh dude ! I agree big time, let them kill each other-close our borders-stop all forgin aid-stop buying their oil and drill our own-stop all out sourcing from the US-stop international internships for jobs-just put the friggin skids on everything.


    Godfather.
    Actually it would be much better to stop all drilling in the US, use all the foreign oil...then when it runs out we'll still have our oil.....and it'll be worth more at that time. Okay maybe not all drilling as it would hurt economy but the ole Drill baby Drill is NOT in our best interest. Especially as oil is a global comodity and increasing our production is a drop in the global bucket and will not affect prices.
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    The thing is... we sort of want the oil/Ace In The Hole card in case we need to go to war with a China or a Russia or an Israel in the future. It is easier to protect local assets than to try to secure oil fields overseas. We will need to power our war machine wit fossil fuels until we figure out how to power them with alternative fuels.
    I think it is better to have an oil reserve for strategic purposes, rather than squander them away because we like driving SUVs to work.
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    Hail, Hail!!!
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,055
    What the Donald fails to understand is that much of that oil does come back around to us via China... in the form of clothing, car parts, computers, throw away pens, key rings, TV's, food containers, pet toys, window shades, lighting fixtures, plastic shelving, disposable fast food "cutlery", lawn sprinklers, school supplies, costume jewelry, picture frames, endless mountains of kids toys, bicycle parts... I could go on all night. Shall I? :lol: And we keep buying this stuff, Big D. Willingly!
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