Donald Trump and Michele Bachmann Discuss Oil

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Bachmann, Trump: Countries the U.S. invaded should give up their oil

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“Constantly it’s the United States that are the chumps,” Bachmann said. “We constantly clean up everybody else’s mess. Look at Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, we should be getting paid back from these countries we have liberated.”

Trump agreed with Bachmann.

“In Libya, the rebels—that’s a very glamorous term, the rebels—they probably come from Iran,” he said of those opposing the Gaddafi regime. ”We are spending billions and billions of dollars. If six months ago, if they came to us and said we need help. if we would have said, ‘You know what? We are going to give you help but for the next 20 years, we get the 50 percent of your oil,’ you know what they would have said? ‘Absolutely! We will give you 75 percent.’”

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“They come from Iran in many cases and here we are spending billions of dollars and what do we get out of nothing,” Trump said. “In Iraq with the second largest oil fields in the world, we fight, we spent a trillion and a half, lost thousand of lives, great, great young people, what do we get?

Trump added that when the U.S. leaves Iraq at the end of the year, Iran will take the oil that should belong to the U.S.

“Now Iran, when we leave and you know we are not getting along with the government, Iran will come in and take over those oil reserves they are just waiting, waiting to take over the oil reserves because our leaders are just stupid. We are not smart people we have very pathetic leadership.

He concluded, “I have suggested we should have kept a percentage of the oil but also pay back the families who lost lives. (...)

Bachmann added that it wasn’t fair for Iraqis to ask American forces to leave without giving the United States its oil. “We have just been kicked on this deal. (...) She added, “This is a complete travesty, this is a complete disrespect for the United States.”

http://minnesotaindependent.com/90118/bachmann-trump-countries-the-u-s-invaded-should-give-up-their-oil

[sakabatou]

1. My brain hurts

[Emit]

6. Mine too

[OnyxCollie]

2. Sure. Let's nationalize the oil companies first. nt

[SomethingFishy]

3. Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya is everyone else's mess?

And Republicans seriously take these people as candidates.

How could anyone even think of voting for such narrow minded, greedy, selfish, narcissistic idiots is beyond me.

[bhikkhu]

4. Idiots...

In Libya, the NTC said all along they would continue to honor all the existing oil contracts, and that about does it for all the oil they have. Its all spoken for, so there's no legal "we'll give you 75 percent" possible.

In Iraq, its hard to know what they're talking about. I'm not sure the value of their oil is greater than all the lives and all the destruction of the boneheaded war we started. They certainly don't owe us anything. I know its traditional among some folk that if you kick someone's ass, you get to take their wallet, but that's not international law anymore.

[Kennah]

5. From WMDs and responsible for 9/11 ...

... to "The Federation wants our piece of the action."

I would ask if there is a lower place to which we'll sink, but I'm afraid of a "Yes" answer.