09-20-2019, 01:20 PM
(09-17-2019, 02:57 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I saw the response by POTUS and it was not a War Mongering" as I've heard in the past. He actually said we don't want war. As to paying us: During Desert Storm it was rumored that King Fahd wanted to give each American Solider a pretty large reward. We turned him down; however, we did allow him to give us some shiny medals.
Actually, the Saudis paid the US quite a bit during Desert Storm. At least 32 billion by first reckoning. Payments from a number of countries in the region were arranged as Bush I built a coalition to apply military force towards a limited, definable goal, per the Powell Doctrine.
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/08/world/gulf-war-s-cost-to-arabs-estimated-at-620-billion.html?campaignId=7JFJX
This contrasts with Trump's framing of the current situation, which would make the US paid mercenaries of SA's foreign policy.