The deal was that the government of Iraq would employ the Sons of Iraq, the Sunnis who have been paid by the U.S. to fight the insurgents. The government has only employed 20% of the 103,000 Sunnis who make up the Sons of Iraq. What that means is that we are still paying the other 80%. So, every month another $20-50 million of our money goes to pay the Sunnis. This does not count our costs for distributing the money or for providing ways for the Sunnis to earn the money. For example, we have set up vocational schools and made grants over and above the monthly stipend paid to the Sons of Iraq.
Couldn't Iraq use some of the $76 billion surplus to pay their fellow countrymen?
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