Another billion reasons we need to worry about ourselves instead of everyone else.

So essentially, they want us to pay them for protecting them while we put them in power.

Really?

Baghdad city officials seek $1B for war damage



The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Feb 17, 2011 11:00:11 EST
BAGHDAD — The Baghdad city government is demanding that the United States pay $1 billion and apologize for damage to the city caused by blast walls erected during the nearly eight-year long war.
In an official statement posted late Wednesday on its website, the local government says U.S. forces had marred the “beautiful city.”
It says the blast walls “put up at the pretext of security” damaged the sewage system and sidewalks, caused traffic jams and paralyzed business.
City officials want an official apology and $1 billion to pay for the damage.
Thousands of blast walls snake for miles across the capital, protecting buildings and military compounds and sealing off whole neighborhood