Tim Cavanaugh | February 16, 2005
Charles V. Peña gives a running tally of the cost of the Iraq mission.
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sage|2.16.05 @ 11:31PM|#
Hard to believe they are spending almost a billion dollars on each one us to protect us. And to think for a mere $8k you could get your own .50 CAL rifle.
|2.16.05 @ 11:42PM|#
"If we're going to preach it abroad in Iraq, then we ought to practice it here at home."
If only we practiced here at home anymore.
|2.16.05 @ 11:48PM|#
Secretary Paul Wolfowitz once opined that Iraqi oil revenues of $50 to $100 billion, instead of U.S. taxpayer dollars, would pay for the occupation and reconstruction. Wolfowitz also criticized Army Chief of Staff General Eric Shinseki's estimate that it would take hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops to occupy and subdue Iraq as "wildly off the mark." But it's been the administration that has been wildly off the mark when it comes to the price of Iraq.
What a (neo)con job!