Sep 12, 2016 ... Interest payments on America's war debt could one day exceed the direct costs of  combat itself. ... A U.S. Marine on patrol in Iraq Jacob Silberberg / AP ... Past U.S.  wars were largely “pay as you go” affairs for which the government raised taxes,  slashed non-military spending, borrowed money from the ...
Feb 16, 2005 ... $10 billion. Iraq also owes some $200 billion in reparations, mostly to Kuwait and  Saudi Arabia, for the first Gulf War. ... and that's against our interest. We need to  be winning the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, and showing the rest of the  Arab world that we're not there to service Western oil interests." ...
During the Iran–Iraq War, Iraq received large quantities of weapons and other  material useful to the development of armaments and weapons of mass  destruction. Contents. [hide]. 1 Iran. 1.1 Military support; 1.2 Logistic support. 2  Iraq. 2.1 Military support; 2.2 Logistic support. 3 Countries which supported either  combatant ...
I think we ought to quit sending it to countries that burn our flag. Israel is not one  of those. But even Benjamin Netanyahu said that ultimately, they will be stronger  when they're independent. My position is exactly the same. We shouldn't borrow  money from China to send it anywhere, but why don't we start with eliminating aid  ...
Treasury bonds are how the US - and all governments for that matter - borrow  hard cash: they issue government securities, which other countries and  institutions buy. ... 3) Oil exporters include Ecuador, Venezuela, Indonesia,  Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates,  Algeria, Gabon, ...
We're borrowing money from China and Saudi Arabia "to finance this war" in Iraq.