Iraq War Cost $1.3 Trillion to date

[chinaco]

Wish we could have spent that money on energy independence instead.


The Associated Press: Report Puts Hidden War Costs at $1.6T

[FinallyRetired]

Wasn't this war supposed to pay for itself? I remember the post-Vietnam economic headache. This one's going to make that one feel like a good day.

[calmloki]

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Originally Posted by chinaco Wish we could have spent that money on energy independence instead. ....

Well Duh!

Iraq. Oil. Energy. Independence.

Change order as necessary. There you go.

[laurence]

How dare you criticize the President when troops are in harms way! You'll be receiving a knock on your door in 20 minutes, I suggest you answer it!

The irony is the troop surge is working, which is something W fought against for years. We just start getting it right when the citizens have finally had a stomach full.

[FreeBird]

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Originally Posted by chinaco Iraq War Cost $1.3 Trillion to date

Let's see...

No terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in over 6 years...
No "dirty" nuclear bomb detonated on a major city...
And no dow at a negative 13,000 as a result.
Evidently "somebody" is doing a good job behind the scenes.

I'd say that any glimmer of "hope" in the middle east is probably a good investment for the free world's future, but I could be wrong.

[DallasGuy]

Huge waste of money! Another reason why the dollar keeps dropping in value.

[eridanus]

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Originally Posted by FreeBird Let's see... No terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in over 6 years... No "dirty" nuclear bomb detonated on a major city... And no dow at a negative 13,000 as a result. Evidently "somebody" is doing a good job behind the scenes. I'd say that any glimmer of "hope" in the middle east is probably a good investment for the free world's future, but I could be wrong.

Clinton: 1993-1999

No terrorist attacks on US soil in over 6 years...
No "dirty" nuclear bomb detonated on a major city...
And no dow at a negative 13,000 as a result.
No 1.3T war, either.


I vote for Clinton's approach.

[laurence]

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Originally Posted by FreeBird Let's see... No terrorist attacks on U.S. soil in over 6 years... No "dirty" nuclear bomb detonated on a major city... And no dow at a negative 13,000 as a result. Evidently "somebody" is doing a good job behind the scenes. I'd say that any glimmer of "hope" in the middle east is probably a good investment for the free world's future, but I could be wrong.

"Hey Ernie! Why is there a banana in your ear?"

"To keep the elephants away, Bert!"

"But there aren't elephants for miles from here!"

"See! It's working!"

[chinaco]

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Originally Posted by laurencewill "Hey Ernie! Why is there a banana in your ear?" "To keep the elephants away, Bert!" "But there aren't elephants for miles from here!" "See! It's working!"

You got to it quicker than me... showing the flaw in logic.

The post is not a political dig against the republican party. The 1.3T just shows how a bad decision can cost us dearly... not to mention the people impacted in that country. Yes, Saddam was a bad guy. But... there are a litany of reasons to not go in country with an invasion.

I completely agree with the the Afghanistan war. It seems to me it was the right move.

IMHO - All of the rest of the war on terror should be covert operations and strong determined diplomacy (assassinations, Grab-imprison-interrogate-disappear, cruise missile, diplomacy, threats, spy, intel, economic, etc). No need to invade a country.

[dumpster56]

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Originally Posted by chinaco You got to it quicker than me... showing the flaw in logic. The post is not a political dig against the republican party. The 1.3T just shows how a bad decision can cost us dearly... not to mention the people impacted in that country. Yes, Saddam was a bad guy. But... there are a litany of reasons to not go in country with an invasion. I completely agree with the the Afghanistan war. It seems to me it was the right move. IMHO - All of the rest of the war on terror should be covert operations and strong determined diplomacy (assassinations, Grab-imprison-interrogate-disappear, cruise missile, diplomacy, threats, spy, intel, economic, etc). No need to invade a country.

I said this approach was the way to go over 5 years ago. we went into afgahnistan and found every book of names with the guys who went thru Bin Ladens camps. we should have hunted these people down in every part of the world undercover of night or whenever, and made them disappear. Maybe even their families if they were involved. The word on the street would have been such that we meant business. But the shock and AWE $HIT game had to be played in Iraq. Heck the Iranians were helpful the first few years after 9/11. But then that speech by the president.

Oh well.

[FinanceDude]

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Originally Posted by eridanus Clinton: 1993-1999 No terrorist attacks on US soil in over 6 years... No "dirty" nuclear bomb detonated on a major city... And no dow at a negative 13,000 as a result. No 1.3T war, either. I vote for Clinton's approach.

So........the 93 World Trade Bombing wasn't a terrorist attack? It really didn't happen? Wow..........

[FinanceDude]

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Originally Posted by newguy888 I said this approach was the way to go over 5 years ago. we went into afgahnistan and found every book of names with the guys who went thru Bin Ladens camps. we should have hunted these people down in every part of the world undercover of night or whenever, and made them disappear. Maybe even their families if they were involved. The word on the street would have been such that we meant business. But the shock and AWE $HIT game had to be played in Iraq. Heck the Iranians were helpful the first few years after 9/11. But then that speech by the president. Oh well.

Where's OAP when we need him....he was THERE.........

[travelover]

Just you wait until the Iraqi oil fields start producing. They will sell us all the oil we want for $1.00 a barrel, from sheer gratitude.

What is this banana doing in my ear? :confused:

[eridanus]

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Originally Posted by FinanceDude So........the 93 World Trade Bombing wasn't a terrorist attack? It really didn't happen? Wow..........

You can figure it out. Give it a try.

[cantlogin]

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Originally Posted by chinaco You got to it quicker than me... showing the flaw in logic. ... IMHO - All of the rest of the war on terror should be covert operations and strong determined diplomacy (assassinations, Grab-imprison-interrogate-disappear, cruise missile, diplomacy, threats, spy, intel, economic, etc). No need to invade a country.

Sure, this is sensible, but no one gets to make billions of dollars in profit from the war machine that way. We can't even complain about corporate welfare in this case. After all, we gave them "jobs" to do for their billions.

[youbet]

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Originally Posted by FinanceDude So........the 93 World Trade Bombing wasn't a terrorist attack? It really didn't happen? Wow..........

It is surprising how the first World Trade Center attack is seldom discussed.

World Trade Center 1993 bombings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It seems like sometimes partisan politics interferes with folks looking at situations over time. Instead of analyzing history as a continous time line, they tend of look at it in junks of time related to their team being in or out of power.

[laurence]

Very true. Just like economic upturns when your party is in power should be credited to them, but downturns were simply beyond their control. Both parties play that game just as well.

[FinanceDude]

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Originally Posted by eridanus You can figure it out. Give it a try.

Sorry..........I'm like Forrest Gump, "not a smart man"...perhaps you should "learn me".........

I understand Clinton is thought of highly on this Board, heck he even thought of himself as a modern day JFK.........

[FinanceDude]

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Originally Posted by laurencewill Very true. Just like economic upturns when your party is in power should be credited to them, but downturns were simply beyond their control. Both parties play that game just as well.

Not arguing there..........I look at it this way:

Clinton showed little initiative in getting things done. he probably felt is was useless to fight the Republican Congressional majority........basically a bright guy with good intentions that let his private life consume him. His WIFE showed more initiative than he did, which is sad...........

[lets-retire]

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Originally Posted by FinanceDude So........the 93 World Trade Bombing wasn't a terrorist attack? It really didn't happen? Wow..........

Technically, and legally, all embassies are also the soil of the country occupying them. So our embassies in Africa that were bombed in 1998 were also American soil.