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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (94680)11/7/2008 7:08:37 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 541859
 
In contrast ... George W. Bush committed to spend at least that much to stop Iraq from developing WMD.

Not exactly, there is no specific commitment (except to the money already paid, and a some bit of money in the future), but that may be the eventual total cost (at least if you include interest, but then if you include interest these bailouts will also be more expensive, as is every single government program, particularly if you count the whole thing as borrowed money even though we still pay for most spending through taxes)

But while your specific statement might be problematic, the general idea behind it is not. The Iraq war is, and will continue to be (even if it ends soon) expensive.
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