Commentary to Blissful Ignorance's Post

You are absolutely correct, the United States economy is going down the toilet and Iraq's economy is sky rocketing to the moon. We need to worry about our own problems and let Iraq deal with theirs. I just dont see what kind of gain we can achieve from helping Iraq, but we all know that our government is gonna want "Something" in return for helping them out, I honestly believe that's the only reason we are still in Iraq, their is something that our government wants that Iraq has. I'll take a shot in the dark and say "oil?" We spend way to much money in a country that absolutely hates us, and wants us out anyway. Their are people who have no jobs, no money and no way of supporting their families but you wanna worry about a country that is thousands of miles away and looks as if their is no sign of anything getting better, now we got some problems.