"The American taxpayers are paying for too many things...that the Iraqis ought to pay for out of their surplus," said Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin. "They export 2 million barrels of oil a day-that oil brings in about $120 a barrel. It is unconscionable, it is inexcusable, it makes no common sense for a country that has that kind of wealth and that kind of surplus in our banks and their banks to send us the tab" |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.