The bill so far: $526 billion Cost per day: $275 million Cost per household: $4,100 The estimated long-term bill: $3 trillion
What $526 billion could have paid for in the U.S. in one year: Children with health care: 223 million or Scholarships for university students: 86 million or Head Start places for children: 72 million
Cost of 22 days in Iraq could safeguard our nation's ports from attack for ten years. Cost of 18 hours in Iraq could secure U.S. chemical plants for five years.
79% of Iraqis oppose the presence of Coalition Forces. 78% of Iraqis believe things are going badly in Iraq overall. 64% of Americans oppose the war in Iraq.
What the "Declaration of Principles" has set according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "A mutually agreed arrangement whereby we have a long and enduring presence."
from Foreign Policy in Focus Erik Leaver is the policy outreach director for Foreign Policy In Focus and a research fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. Jenny Shin is an intern at the Institute for Policy Studies.
My Trusted MOGs
yes. of course it was a bad decision. let's deal with the here and now, because withdrawal is a complicated reality we will be dealing with for some time.
My Trusted MOGs
"A long and enduring presence" and McCain's 100 years is not exactly dealing with the here and now; it's more like saying let's let future generations sort out this mess we've made. And is a little foresight and forethought really too much to ask from the leaders of the "free" world. Actions have consequences; developmentally we grasp this pretty clearly by age eight. And now looks like we've come full circle back to "It's the economy, stupid."
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Wicked stats dude, Saddams "rule of terror" doesnt look so bad all of a sudden. Theres a lot to be said for tidying your own yard. Lets not forget that its not just USA over there. I got to say at least USA is reasonably up front about who they got over there. NZ has special forces in Afghanistan that we cant find out about and we are supposed to be agin it!
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Nice quote.