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To: RetiredNow who wrote (6257)	3/17/2009 9:44:28 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 86355

None of that detracts from the point that Iraq has cost this country close to $1 trillion, rather than the $650B that you claim. Ok.. how much is it worth to keep folks like Al Qai'da, or even Saddam Hussein, from being able to control the largest energy reserves on the planet? It was WELL ESTABLISHED that Bin Laden and Al Qai'da's #2, Ayman Zawahiri, hoped to overthrow the Saudis so they could have access to that incredible wealth of oil to fund their Jihad. How much would it have cost (in blood and treasure) had we permitted them to realize that goal? A hell of a lot more.. Hawk

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