The Cost of Iraq

SusanUnPC at No Quarter goes into the ungodly costs of this fiasco. I intentionally use the word 'ungodly' to remind all those who view this as a 'Holy' undertaking, that the only undertaking occuring is in the morgues and morturaries around the country.

Think what that money could be accomplishing. Think of the astronomical debt we are incurring in the world financial realm. Someday that debt will be due, and it will not fall on Bush, Cheney, Rove or any of the other vermin infesting the White House.

Nope. It will fall on you and me, and all our kids.

From Susan's post:

Nearly $2 billion a week paid by U.S. taxpayers

Half a trillion dollars since 2001 for Iraq and Afghanistan

2,709 American troops killed

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The "heralded" Iraq police academy -- costing $75 million -- is a "disaster"; feces and urine "rained from the ceilings in student barracks"

Al Qaeda gains recruits from Iraq war - U.N. study

Saudi Arabia building a $500-million, 540-mile fence across Iraqi border (part of $12 billion security package)

The Lincoln Group has been awarded a two-year $12.4 million contract to monitor news organizations' coverage of the war in Iraq, including CNN, correspondent Barbara Starr told Lou Dobbs

Republicans repeatedly "vote no" to increase veterans funding; HUD denies contract to firm "critical of President Bush"

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