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Pete Domenici: Where would they get the money, if the United States were not involved in having invaded Iraq, trying to free them and…

On the recordOctober 16, 2003
Where would they get the money, if the United States were not involved in having invaded Iraq, trying to free them and then trying to put their economy back? This debt here would not be worth the matches that it would take to burn it. So I don't think you are just offering a resolution giving some kindly advice. It seems to me you are expressing a reality that these countries ought to be very serious before they try to extract from new Iraq, old Iraq's debt when it would be absolutely useless, based upon the country they lent the money to, and the dictator to whom they lent the money. Right?
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Pete Domenici

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of Iraq's debt in the context of U.S. involvement in the country.

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