Democrats Say Iraq Costs Could Top $400 Billion

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Occupying and rebuilding Iraq could cost American taxpayers $179 billion under even a best-case scenario and that could rise to more than $400 billion if U.S. troops have to stay in the country for years to come, Democratic budget analysts forecast on Tuesday.... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st...aq_usa_costs_dc



Holy fucking shit batman. That's a lot of zeros.....

[_Mark_]

Yeah, but how much would having an airbase there, oil contracts, rebuilding contracts, etc, etc, be worth?


I'd rather pay to be able to stick a boot up some mid-east contry's ass at a moments notice than for all the welfare moms and illegals here - not that I have a choice.

That is a lot of dough though!

[CollinsvilleZ]

Welfare of the Country for Oil, Oil, Oil, till all the indebtedness is paid back in Full then we can just be overseers. Works for me. :thumb:

[weeztones]

Wait, you mean packetjunkie didnt start this thread?


Weird....

Guess it goes with everything else that has happened today.

1)Sex-change loser threatens us for the most entertaining thread ever.

2)Remmy's "liar" thread

3)Somebody besides MP starts a "Cost of War' thread

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Firstly weez, let's not get any ideas that I'm complaining about this $400B

I'm just saying

WOW