| We rebuilt it once already. But then they ran away, leaving it all for ISIS to destroy. |
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...ISIS terror group, at an upcoming international fund-raising conference in Kuwait.
The officials told Rooters on Thursday that Washington does not plan to contribute any money at the conference in Kuwait next week to fund the rebuilding of the war-ridden country.
"Absolutely nothing," said a Western official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, when asked whether Washington would announce any financial contributions at the conference to fund long-term reconstruction projects.
A US official also said, "We are not planning to announce anything" at the conference, which will be attended by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
The official, however, said Tillerson could still decide closer to the time to announce a contribution.
Commenting on the issue, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said, "I’m not aware of any announcements that we will be making."
Former head of the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of US Foreign Disaster Assistance, Jeremy Konyndyk, said by not contributing to reconstruction, especially in combat-ravaged areas, the Trump administration could help set the stage for new militancy.
"We’ve seen this movie before. There is a very real risk if the US doesn’t put money into reconstruction, that having just won the battle, you lose the peace," said Konyndyk, who now works for the Center for Global Development think tank.
James Jeffrey, a former US ambassador to Iraq said, "The fact that we’re not putting any money up will weaken our case, and that’s unfortunate."
An unnamed US official in Baghdad said, "What we are trying to do in Kuwait next week is to put together companies that want to look at Iraq ... and possibly also talk about ways to finance projects."
US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
said during the 2016 US presidential campaign that if elected "the era of nation-building will be ended."
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said his country needs up to $100 billion to rebuild territories that have been torn apart by ISIS.