Australia exits Iraq, but church urges rebuilding: Spending for reconstruction should equal spending for war
An Australian church leader has said his country should spend as much on reconstructing war-torn Iraq as it did on military operations there. Gregor Henderson, president of the Uniting Church in Australia, made his comments after his nation ended combat operations in Iraq.
“We are asking the government to spend as much on rebuilding, reconstructing and healing the desperately battered nation over the next five years as was spent on the military effort,” Henderson said.