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This discussion is about the cost of recent wars in terms of dollars and lost lives. Romney has been talking about war with Iran. How much will that cost? How many additional lives will be sacrificed?
Wrong. I would be against a war with Iran, no matter who initiates it.
Obama and the US Congress have actually taken action toward war with Iran. This week new sanctions against Iran. Where is your outrage on that one? Why is it the far left always focuses on rhetoric of war (Romney) rather than actual actions (Obama)?
Obama and the US Congress have actually taken action toward war with Iran. This week new sanctions against Iran. Where is your outrage on that one? Why is it the far left always focuses on rhetoric of war (Romney) rather than actual actions (Obama)?
Those sanctions pissed off China too. Is Obama going to attack China!!! Ahhhhhhhhh run for the hills!!
True cost of the Bush Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Try $4 trillion, 225,000 dead, and a dead economy.
When Bush left office the deficit was a mere $300 Billion. That's not even HALF of one trillion. Today the deficit is at $5 Trillion and Liberals have no problem with that. 225,000 dead is false.And the economic meltdown was thanks to Democrat's forcing banks to loan money to people who couldn't aford to pay it back. Bush, beginning in 2002 warned Congress 12 times to reihn-in Fanny and Freddie only to be called a racist and paranoid by the likes of Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and Maxime Watters.
CBO And The Pentagon Are LYING - New Brown University Report Pegs The Real Cost Of Current Wars At $4 TRILLION August 3, 2012
"A new report out of Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--together with the counterinsurgency efforts in Pakistan--will, all told, cost $4 trillion and leave 225,000 dead, both civilians and soldiers.
The group of economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists involved in the project estimated that the cost of caring for the veterans injured in the wars will reach $1 trillion in 30 or 40 years.
In estimating the $4 trillion total, they did not take into account the $5.3 billion in reconstruction spending the government has promised Afghanistan, state and local contributions to veteran care, interest payments on war debt, or the costs of Medicare for veterans when they reach 65.
The Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, has assessed the federal price tag for the wars at $1.8 trillion through 2021.
The report says that is a gross underestimate, predicting that the government has already paid $2.3 trillion to $2.7 trillion.
More than 6,000 U.S. troops and 2,300 contractors have died since the wars began after Sept. 11.
A staggering 550,000 disability claims have been filed with the VA as of 2010.
Meanwhile, 137,000 civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq have died in the conflict.
So many full of **** lefties have made the most ludicrous claims about war dead and costs, so i don't believe your link, anymore then i believed the hundreds of other lies and exaggerations.
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True cost of the Bush Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Try $4 trillion, 225,000 dead, and a dead economy.
When Bush left office the deficit was a mere $300 Billion. That's not even HALF of one trillion. Today the deficit is at $5 Trillion and Liberals have no problem with that. 225,000 dead is false.And the economic meltdown was thanks to Democrat's forcing banks to loan money to people who couldn't aford to pay it back. Bush, beginning in 2002 warned Congress 12 times to reihn-in Fanny and Freddie only to be called a racist and paranoid by the likes of Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, and Maxime Watters.
the defict is like 16 trillion not 5 trill,, you trying to make the obamanator look good??
Bush Sr started the ball rolling against Saddam when April Gillespie in effect gave him to ok to attack Kuwait for slant-drilling Iraqi oil, and then of course Bush bombed the crap out of him. Neo-cons were pressuring Bill the entire 2 terms to bomb Iraq, but he would not, and Iraq was not invaded until chief neo-con Cheney came into office.
Bush wars? Oh the OP means the two wars that had bipartisan support. The wars that such staunch democrats as Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and so many others supported. Ok got it.
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