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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17030)	4/21/2004 10:58:05 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

The cost of this war is humongous. 47 billion more needed now. The 87 billion is already gone. A lot of it wasted or ripped off. It's all on the national credit card too. And the DElay congress keeps spending like drunken sailors while the rich get off without paying much of any taxes. None of this makes any sense at all. None of it is "conservative" either. It's all reckless and dishonest.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (17030)	4/21/2004 10:59:39 PM
From: Augustus Gloop	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Well, In terms of American lives we've still only lost about 1/5 of what was lost in 45 minutes on 9/11. I'd rather the number be zero but in the final analysis the military is there to protect the US and its citizens. I'd have to say they've done a fine job of doing just that. In terms of dollars - I'm not sure we can measure the cost benefits of this action as it applies to preventing future events. If you want the least expensive way to accomplish the task I suppose we could call Dow Chemical but somehow I don't think that would be well received. Anything short of that means troops and battle