Ha-ha-ha!
"War costs estimated to exceed $3 trillion"
Long-term factors push figure toward $7 trillion
"by Kevin G. Hall - McCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS
"When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration predicted that the war would be self-financing, and rebuilding the nation would cost less than $2 billion.
Coming up on the five-year anniversary of the invasion, a new estimate from a Nobel laureate puts the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at more than $3 trillion....
When other factors are added — such as interest on debt, future borrowing for war expenses, continued military presence in Iraq and lifetime health care and counseling for veterans — they think that the wars’ costs range from $5 trillion to $7 trillion.
“I think we really have learned that the long-term costs of taking care of the wounded and injured in this war and the long-term costs of rebuilding the military to its previous strength is going to far eclipse the cost of waging this war,” Bilmes said in an interview...."
And yet we plow ahead toward the brick wall of bankruptcy, shedding blood the whole time!
Bush has ruined America!
"More troops for Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Department says"
"Discipline. Desertions and unexcused absences have increased," Casey said. "You're seeing folks not showing up for deployments."
Divorce and suicide. Divorce rates spiked in 2004 but have leveled off, he said. Suicides have increased, however. "That is a disturbing trend," he said...."
I smells a DRAFT, kiddos!
For the record, I don't want a draft, I don't want you drafted, and I don't want you sent to war.
I want the troops BROUGHT HOME IMMEDIATELY!!!
