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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (113330)3/28/2008 9:07:27 PM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (2) of 306849
 
Now how in the hell do you get $4 Trillion out of $900 Billion?

I told you. The projections of the total cost of the war, which include things like the entitlements to pay for all the injured veterans for the rest of their lives, the various defense contracts etc. You can find these things all over the web, here is one.

Report: Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion
New study takes into account long-term costs of healthcare for wounded soldiers.
csmonitor.com

Your numbers don't include any of this. But I will tell you one thing, the flippant way you toss out that 900 billion figure is pretty disgusting. Do you realize, that going into this decade, that 900 billion was around ONE QUARTER of the entire US national debt? Do you know how much this has cost every citizen of the USA? Do you know how to balance a checkbook, or is that too tough for you?

900 billion dollars is too much for this war, let alone the actual costs which are well over 2 trillion.

YOu are like a little kid that throws $20 bills in the air with no concept of what it took to make that money. GROW UP! 900 billion is 15 times the cost of the ENRON failure. It is a huge amount of money that is being bilked from the taxpayers to pay for this worthless charade in Iraq.
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