Should Iraq pay for U.S. occupation?

With the price of oil triple what it was before the invasion the war, the Iraqi government is now sitting on a nice surplus of money, what hasn't be siphoned off by the insurgents or stolen by corrupt ministers. Now we have calls for Iraq to pay us to stay:

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California, proposed the Iraqi government pay the cost of stationing U.S. troops in its country under any future agreement between Washington and Baghdad -- and said he would introduce legislation to require that.

"The United States government and the people of the United States have paid an awful price," Rohrabacher said. "It's time for the Iraqis to pay that price for their own protection."

I think Rep. Rohrabacher has a great idea. Tell the Iraqis if they don't pay up, we're leaving. I wonder what would happen if (or rather when) they refuse to pay us for creating such a disaster. Maybe this is a great way to finally get the GOP to end this war.

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