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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Dale Baker who wrote (70380)6/2/2008 11:01:00 PM
From: Bearcatbob  Read Replies (1) of 542729
 
"And back to the original issue - how much are you willing to spend to keep 100,000 US troops in iraq for another 4-8 years?"

Now that is an excellent question. Along with it is a question of what our role would be. If it took 100,000 for 8 years I would say we did not accomplish the mission and I would want out. If the force ramped down rapidly to say 50,000 and they backstopped the Iraqi army - I would pay that price.

One question I have is how is the cost calculated. Is it the full cost of the 100,000 or is it the incremental cost. Meaning - if the 100,000 were in barracks in the US they would have a cost. Is their cost in Iraq incremental or total. In project accounting it would be total cost/
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