Yeah.....right! Follow the posts, econ.
As to 'putting countries on US welfare' you'd have to prove that with actual facts........which you don't have.
I wasn't mentioning you particularly. Anyone who espouses your beliefs will fall into that category and not just you. There are lots of people in your ranks.
We are spending billions of dollars on Iraq and Afghanistan. Not just military, which at least Iraq should be able to pay us off but they are not, but we are spending money to build up their countries. Isn't that putting them on welfare?
Putting them on welfare puts very little pressure on them to actually stop terrorism. Trust me, if Iraq had to go to the international community to raise money for its reconstructions then the interim govt would have done a lot more to stop insurgency. Right now, they don't care because they know they will have foolish US taxpayers to bail them out. If they had to pay 50% interest on their debt, Zarqawi would have evaporated instantly.