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Iraqi Civilian Deaths ... caused by Bush's unprovoked war

 

Cost of Wars a Staggering HALF-TRILLION U.S. Taxpayer Dollars
(Liz Sidoti, Associated Press, December 15, 2005)
The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request for up to $100 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a staggering half-trillion dollars. . . . Reps. Bill Young, R-Fla., the chairman of the House appropriations defense panel, and John Murtha, D-Pa., the senior Democrat on that subcommittee, say the military has informally told them it wants $80 billion to $100 billion in a war-spending package that the White House is expected to send Congress next year. . . . That would be in addition to $50 billion Congress is about to give the Pentagon before lawmakers adjourn for the year for operations in Iraq for the beginning of 2006. . . . Military commanders expect that pot to last [ONLY] through May. . . . Murtha mentioned the $100 billion figure last week to reporters, saying, "Twenty years it's going to take to settle this thing. . . . The American people are not going to put up with it, can't afford it."

[NOTE: On March 27, 2003, Bush Crime Family member, Paul Wolfowitz made the following statement (under oath?) to Congress: "There's a lot of money to pay for this that doesn't have to be U.S. taxpayer money, and it starts with the assets of the Iraqi people . . . and on a rough recollection, the oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years . . . We're dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction, and relatively soon.

Of course, Wolfowitz was either lying or incompetentent nit. Now he is in charge of the World Bank! The moral of this story is that the more incompetent a person is, the higher position they will be appointed to by our Benevolent, but incompetent, Dictator.

Iraqi Oil Will Pay For This . . . that's what the Bush Gang told you. Why does anyone believe these people?

posted by LoZo 9:47 AM