[knighthawk]

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[exnavychick]

Those greedy twerps will never cancel the debt...that's why they were still conducting back-room deals with him after the sanctions were in place. They aren't interested in helping the Iraqi people get back on their feet and be solvent (when they helped contribute to the problem, IMO) when they could stick them for much more lucrative interest payments on their accrued debt.

[aspiring.hillbilly]

We sure could use $4 billion of Iraqi oil here, and since they have it in the ground why cancel a debt that can be paid just by pumping the money out of the ground? To forgive that debt means it will be placed on the long suffering backs of American taxpayers. Sec. Powell,,what are you thinking in your lame duck frame of mind??