Kuwait to host Iraq reconstruction summit
According to Arab News, in spite of the destruction that Hussein’s Iraq inflicted on Kuwait, the oil rich kingdom is taking a lead in rebuilding Iraq now that ISIS has been driven from the country and 5 million Iraqis have become refugees in their wake.
Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said that despite “past wounds” — a reference to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait — his country had a “moral, humanitarian and Arab” duty to support its neighbor.
“The stability of Iraq is the stability of Kuwait and the region,” he said.
Iraqi forces have regained swathes of territory from the Daesh group since the jihadists seized a third of Iraq and large parts of Syria in 2014In December, Baghdad declared victory over the group following three years of war.
The Kuwait conference, from February 12-14, will devote its second day to the role of the private sector and civil society organizations in reconstruction, Jarallah said.Mehdi Al-Alaq, the secretary general of Iraq’s Council of Ministers, said Baghdad and the World Bank had estimated reconstruction would cost at least $100 billion (84 billion euros).
It’s about time that the Gulf Arabs recognize that there can only be peace in the region with local cooperation. Lord knows that there is enough cash in the Gulf to rebuild Iraq. The faster that they can restore Iraq’s infrastructure the sooner Iraq will have it’s own oil profits to rebuild the country.
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We’ve certainly sunk more than enough blood and treasure there. Time for the Arabs to step up and take care of their own.
i wonder if our invasion killed off all the guys that would have fought against Daesh or would they have been the same ones that would have joined up.
Isis is a radical offshoot of Al Q. Its Sunni. When the Iraqi president (Shiite) kicked all the Sunnis out of government, they flocked to ISIS for protection. It was much more complicated then that, but that’s the short story. The Bath party of the old Iraqi regime was Sunni. You can go round and round in a never ending circle. Don’t miss the forest for all the trees, its a Sunni / Shiite thing, always has been, always will be.
Good they can take lead and no help from GRD USACE or NAVFAC, we don’t need to help, and if they use US civilian companies fine let them make money. We as in US MIL, do not need to be there this time.
Let’s be real here. They are doing this because billions are to be made. There is no altruism in that part of the world.
Yep. Kuwait is going to make money, hand over fist, on this one.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) needs to be more financially involved in stabilizing Iraq. This may also help swing some of the Iranian influence that was established over the past eight years.
I say an Irish bar on every other corner with live traditional music at least 3 nights a week and stouts and lagers flowing ….
Within months, peace will be at hand …
I think you are onto something, Master Chief. 👍
Iraq is still easily one of most corrupt countries in the world. A big hot mess. Just a matter of time before another Saddam seizes power.
Do they actually want to do something, or is this a bunch of “BLEHLEHLEHLEHLEH” and political grandstanding?
What are the options? If there is ever to be stability in the region, they are going to have to make it happen. And, a stable region serves them and us.
So, yeah, I’d say they want it. And the financial rewards they can get from it.