I was not surprised last evening when I watched the Senate on C-span question the Ambassador to Iraq, Paul Brenner. Pete Domenici
floated the idea that we propose to the Iraqi's that some day we might want to impose a $1 barrel levy on their oil to help us recoup the Billions of dollars the US will spend to rebuild Iraq.
I was surprised to learn that Iraq has a combined debt of $200billion to the world. Now one can see the reluctance of some countries to pour anymore resources into this effort. Couldn't we find a country to fix that didn't have so much debt?