So how much does the war cost?
We now have an estimate of the cost of the Iraq war. Remember when our administration was blithely proposing that it would require a few billion dollars?
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Thanks Bush
Thanks Adrena Thanks Tidusfied Thanks Thanatos Thanks MedievalBob Thanks uncapped Thanks Doofus Thanks to all you pro-war chest thumping easily led morons who hide behind the term "American Patriot" |
There is alot of good numbers and graphs and what not here: http://www.fourthfreedom.org/Applica....php?page_id=5
Entitlement spending dwarfs those numbers though, and will undoubtedly bankrupt our nation. So much more could be accomplished with far less money. There is so much money just outright wasted in this war it makes me sick. Have you seen "Iraq For Sale; The War Profiteers"? It points out some outrageous wastful spending, like $100k big rig gets a flat tire? Fuck it, pull it over and blow it up after all they are on no bid, cost plus contracts. So the more they spend the more they make.. Fucking bullshit. |
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I'm even more frustrated that Halliburton has received funding to drill overseas and profit exclusively for their own company, while we don't receive any of it because Halliburton has to ship gas out of country, (even though technically they are now based in Saudia arabia).
I feel it's funny that anybody, including myself, were flamed for being anti-iraq-war from the get-go. What I find frustrating still, still is that there are a great majority of people, namely conservaties that listen to Sean Hannity/Limbaugh the group that feel Iraq has been a success and we need to stay there 'til the end of time. What a crock of shit, I had an argument with my uncle yesterday actually when we had dinner at my grandma's and he was trying to tell me that because we have liberated women and they can now freely roam the streets that we've done a good thing, so I reiterate that, that isn't even true, the terrorism there is now at an unholy amount and nobody can freely roam the streets safely, before the war Iraq was a much safer place, now it's a complete war zone, and that wasn't even the reason to begin with that we were led to Iraq, fuck. It's this type of backwards talking, scenario slandering that Americans are viewed as shitheads and our country as a whole is hated on. |
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You supported the war, and now we're poor. |
Even if you eliminated the military budget, entitlement spending would still be making us poor.
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If I have AIDS and cancer, and get rid of the cancer, I'm still going to die.
Cancer isn't a problem. |
If you are trying to oppose what I said.
You fail. |
How? I don't see how your point makes a point.
If you eliminated entitlement spending, the military budget would still be making us poor as well. They are both problems. You're basically trying to say since one thing is worse than another, the lesser thing isn't an issue. |
We cannot survive as a sovereign nation without defense.
We most certainly will survive without welfare and oppression. |
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The first thing that should have been done after 9/11 was a boost to our national defense. Instead, we invaded Afghanistan, didn't accomplish anything, we've invaded Iraq, still haven't accomplished anything, and in the words of the VERY MAN WHO IS TRYING TO FIX THIS (BUSH) Our nation is no safer now than it was before. |
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Fuck the military budget. We won't have shit if welfare spending doesn't halt. These numbers will dwarf any military spending you could imagine. |
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All I'm saying is you're still a fool.
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Oh well in that case it's all perfectly clear to me now! Thank you for clearing that up, fatty.
I'm a fool because the President lied to the American public and forced us into a war on false pretenses. Once again, terrific logic. |
You're a fool because you believed him in the first place. Even Mj, who was like twelve, could make a decision for himself instead of being happily spoon-fed information by a monkey.
Feel free to consult a dictionary if you're still lost on this one. |
I'd like to point out that I still support the war in Afghanistan, but we've been drawn so thin to the point where our co-op missions are turning up with nothing, we just need to direct more of our attention towards capturing Osama, and leaving Iraq all together.
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And what word would you like me to look up? I fail to see how consulting a dictionary is going to convice me your logic isn't fucked up.
How about you blame the military advisors and upper management in the government rather than blaming the American people who were lied to? Blame them for this war. Blame them for the economy. I was like 16 at the time, my opinion didn't mean shit. |
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You are to blame as well as they. You (and others like you) blindly followed their lead and supported this in the first place. |
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