23 November 2006
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According to the CSM, the price tag for Shrub's War is rising. Iraq has now surpassed $300 billion, according to government estimates, and if we had in the cost of Shrub's miniwar in Afghanistan, the total price rises to around $500 billion, making it one of the most monetarily costly conflicts in U.S. history. When we add the cost of taking care of the war-injured and so on, I'm sure we'll be paying out far more than a trillion in the decades to come. So there's no reason to feel too upset about this. Our grandkids will help share the cost with us.
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..and just think of what could have been achieved with all that money... schools, hospitals....
What a waste.......
If you factor in the future cost of using depleted uranium munitions, the final tally is unimagineable...both financially and in lives lost during and after the fact.
We tend to focus on the issues that we can easily relate to, so the DU issue might not become a really hot topic until birth deformity in the US forces it to the front page of every major newspaper. That should happen within the next five years.
Of course, once we factor in the ongoing costs to the people of Iraq, the price that will be paid is enormous.
Excuse me, but MY grandkids will still be paying off my student loans, so I recommend they be exempted.
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