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Aerows

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2. We were also supposed to be greeted as liberators

Reply to Ash_F (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:18 PM

Oct 2013

and the war was supposed to pay for itself.

The only thing the war paid for was massive salaries for defense contractors, the Carlyle Group and Halliburton executives.

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Wasn't the US supposed to be responsible for getting power to Iraqi cities? /nt Ash_F Oct 2013 #1

We were also supposed to be greeted as liberators Aerows Oct 2013 #2