From Boston.com:
WASHINGTON -- The war in Iraq could ultimately cost well over a trillion dollars -- at least double what has already been spent -- including the long-term costs of replacing damaged equipment, caring for wounded troops, and aiding the Iraqi government, according to a new government analysis.
The United States has already allocated more than $500 billion on the day-to-day combat operations of what are now 190,000 troops and a variety of reconstruction efforts.
In a report to lawmakers yesterday, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that even under the rosiest scenario -- an immediate and substantial reduction of troops -- American taxpayers will feel the financial consequences of the war for at least a decade.
3 comments:
Just think how many nice, new bridges we could have had without the war for one trillion smackers, McCain!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Mr. Kitty all that money could have repaired the US bridges. I was thinking about how that would have covered health care for Americans. Now the White House will use the bridge collapse as an excuse to raise taxes, then they'll use the money for something else. As we speak Cheney has his big business friends getting the contracts for 5 million dollars Bush gave. Yes the repairs will be messed up but at lease Cheney's friends will have the money.
The American people need to understand that to think about what is good for themselves actually starts with a president who is good on foreign policy. A good foreign policy saves billions and billions, and in this case, a bad foreign policy is going to cost 1 trillion.
Shameful. Why couldn't Cheney & company have just stolen it, which would be cheaper and not cost any lives? Lying is as bad as stealing in the Bible, so instead of lying about why we should go to war in Iraq, they should have just stolen some money. A sin is a sin, and stealing would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and not displaced millions of Iraqi refugees.
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