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Re:Among the costs of war: $20 Billion in Air Conditioning by eru on Monday June 27, 2011 @12:48PM (#2701950)
And even if not, you can probably try selling it to the locals when you are going.
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Re:Among the costs of war: $20 Billion in Air Conditioning by anamax on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:45PM (#2702198)
> And even if not, you can probably try selling it to the locals when you are going.

Why would they pay anything? You're leaving so it will be free then and you won't leave sooner if they pay.

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Re:Among the costs of war: $20 Billion in Air Conditioning by eru on Monday June 27, 2011 @06:06PM (#2703194)
You could destroy it instead.
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Re:Among the costs of war: $20 Billion in Air Conditioning by sorbus on Monday June 27, 2011 @01:30PM (#2702128)
That doesn't work well, at least in this case. From the article, "We're turning over to the Iraqis — mostly either for a small penny or for free — the infrastructure that we built in Iraq. But we won't see back any money from that infrastructure."
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