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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Come on, you honestly want us to believe that you chose to put quotes around one word to indicate that it was from an article, and that you weren't trying to imply something about the circumstances under which the deal was struck?
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Well I don't know what he's saying, but do you honestly not see at least the potential or even appearance of "coercion" on this?
1. Country A invades Country B, destroys the infrastructure, takes over.
2. Country A starts selling Country B replacement infrastructure.
It's not all that crazy an idea, is it? The optics are not exactly perfect.
That being said, Iraq obviously needs a modern transportation system and they have to get the planes from somewhere and Boeing is (I assume) the biggest maker of the planes, so it seems like a pretty natural fit.
But, if I was an Iraqi citizen without either electricity or clean water I might not think so. Still though, they'll never get anywhere if people can't travel into or out of the country.