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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (103453)6/29/2003 4:01:43 PM
From: Win Smith  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
I don't think there are ever going to be a significant number of body bags coming home, at least nowhere near the 200/week for years on end of the Viet Nam era. Cost is another thing; the round numbers I recall reading are $1billion / month in Afghanistan and $1billion / week in Iraq. That's probably not sustainable, and there's no way oil's going to pay for it either. I understand the preferred alternative payment option among true believers is tax cuts for rich people.

Plus, my understanding is that those figures are for military operations alone, which don't really accomplish much by themselves; development aid is another issue and, worldwide, economic development has proven to be a pretty tough nut to crack even in the absence of overt hostilities. I'm sure the PNAC people have it all figured out, though. That's their nature.
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