Hey, GOP! Wanna save some $$$???

AP Impact: U.S. wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
– Mon Aug 30, 12:01 am ET
KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq – A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets.

How 'bout we STOP pouring money into Iraq? ... NOW!!!

Recall:

"There is a lot of money to pay for this. It does not have to be U.S. taxpayer money. We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction."
[Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifying before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, 3/27/03]

Recall: Iraq has lots of OIL! (... some cynics would say this is why we launched the war... I'm not one of 'em).

Yeah - I understand: China now has dibs on Iraqi oil.
Let 'em have it!
Let CHINA deal with with mess that is now Iraq.
If we end up buying oil from 'em? - Well, it'll be a whole lot cheaper than our continuing military presence, so-called "reconstruction", and all other entanglements.

Here's a chance for the GOP to step up and SAVE US SOME $$$.