We are not utilizing the Iraqi oil for U.S. purposes. We are not asking that the Iraqi oil be used to pay our military expenses. We are asking only that the Iraqi oil be used to rebuild Iraq - that is, to rebuild Iraq for the Iraqi people.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Iraqi oil revenues should fund Iraq's reconstruction for its citizens, not US interests.
- In plain terms
- Use Iraq's oil money to fix Iraq for Iraqis.
- What can you take from it?
- Local resources should benefit local rebuilding.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who controls the oil?
- What defines rebuilding?
Another view
US expenses might still need funding from other sources.
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