Well, we won't make this an Iraq political thread, but apparently the Iraqi gov't has BILLIONS of dollars in surplus BUT they don't have the infrastructure to effectively spend it! Their banking structure is almost nonexistant. I don't even know where they keep all that oil profits!
Though I agree ... why are we paying for schools in Iraq when we need schools here? And seriously, the Invasion wasn't even that long, how much stuff did we destroy and how long will it take to rebuild it?
But of course, most of the money we spent is stolen and erroded by MASSIVE corruption from both sides.
Back on topic now ...