Comments on: Iraq War's Price Tag Nears Vietnam's

Congressional Estimate Puts U.S. Costs In Iraq At $648B; Vietnam Cost $686B In 2008 Dollars

[tbweb]

AT LEAST WE WILL LEAVE IRAQ THE VICTOR! THE ONLY THING WORSE THAN SPENDING THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS ON THE IRAQ "WAR," WILL BE TO SPEND THE MONEY AND THOUSANDS OF OUR SOLDIERS LIVES AND THEN WALK AWAY BEFORE THE JOB IS DONE (LIKE VIETNAM).

If Obama and the Dem''''s want to take credit for withdrawing US forces from Iraq, they trully would rather repeat Vietnam and then blame Bush, than hold the line and WIN and then drawdown.

Posted by krisinal at 01:01 AM : Jul 26, 2008,,,

You forget the Iraqi government has asked us to leave, to come up with an exit date! Staying in Iraq beyond the governments acceptance becomes an unwelcome occupation, good intentions or not!

[whitemale08]

But you love counting dollars almost as much as counting bodies."Posted by tampatiki I count EUROS The dollar is a worthless piece of paper now.....


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Posted by obama441 at 11:29 AM : Jul 26, 2008--Agree, I count gold and silver coins. Federal Reserve Notes are wortheless.

[obama441]

NEW WORLD ORDER WE NEED OBAMA!!!

[obama441]

But you love counting dollars almost as much as counting bodies."Posted by tampatiki I count EUROS The dollar is a worthless piece of paper now.....

[bm6005]

How many of you remember the payback recession during Carter''s years? I know he was falsely blamed for it but we will have the same thing happen again due to our reckless spending fostered by the "fiscally responsible" Repubs. I wonder who''ll get the blame this time for Georgie boy''s stupidity?!!!!

[whitemale08]

As things are today, the higher birth rate among the poor has created a severe overpopulation of flunk-outs who can''''''''t create anything except a cloud of pot smoke. And they vote.

Posted by txgrouch2006 at 10:59 AM : Jul 26, 2008--

since you think the world is overpopulated then go die dude!!!

[whitemale08]

the 20 year associations between the Bush Family and the Bin Ladens is way more dangerous and scary then some non-issue like Bill Ayers.

And to add insult to injury, Bush even let the Bin Ladens go after 9-11. What''s Bush hiding?

[whitemale08]

i guess that explains him chosing rev wrong as his mentor and pastor for 20 years...not to mention all his other questionable friends,,, william ayers, new black panthers, nation of terrorislam,,, etc etc etc,,,


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Posted by terrorislamv at 10:06 AM : Jul 26, 2008--

...or the Bush Family and the Bin Laden family 20 year associations and allowed the Bin Ladens to escape after 9/11, or why George Bush hired Rumsfield who shook hands and sold Saddam Hussien WMD, or Negroponte who kicked off the killing fields in Nicaragua, or Wolfowitz who helped Indonesia massacre 10''s of thousands in East Timor and then go head the World Bank.

Man you have no room to talk. I''d rather take Barrack Hussein Obama''s radical associations anytime over Republicans.

[txgrouch2006]

But we don''t need to worry about who we will war with in the future. We will war with OURSELVES!

The recent deterioration in race relations created by Jesse Jackson will lead to civil war next year.

The population will kill itself off.

[txgrouch2006]

sepa2 wrote
Hope it turn back to creativity as the engine.
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Before that can happen, we need to THIN THE HERD with some full-scale wars.

As things are today, the higher birth rate among the poor has created a severe overpopulation of flunk-outs who can''t create anything except a cloud of pot smoke. And they vote.

[txgrouch2006]

hotpaulie, Bush was born in 1946. Clinton was born in 1946. 60% of Congress was born 1946-1964.

HERE''S MY SOLUTION.

Go to www.congress.org . Enter your ZIP+4 to get a list of YOUR elected representatives.

CLICK ON EACH NAME, and check the rep''s bio.

VOTE AGAINST anyone who was born 1946-1957.

CLEAN OUT THE BABY BOOMERS. SIXTEEN YEARS OF BABY BOOMER GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN A DISASTER.

SIXTEEN YEARS IS ENOUGH!

[tryhonesty]

RepubliCONs are great at making war profiteers money.
They have a done it for decades...it is the ONLY thing they are good at doing...mission accomplished!

[sepa2]

Current form of capitalism need an ongoing war to prosper. This is what Eisonhower feared and came to a reality after Reagan. Hope it turn back to creativity as the engine.

[TampaTiki]

Wonder how the anthro-economic exchange rate will be next year...


The article states:
"Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has spent $648 billion on Iraq war operations, putting it in range with the $686 billion, in 2008 dollars, spent on the Vietnam War, the second most expensive war behind World War II."

obama441 wrote:
"over 58,0000 body bags from Vietnam,over 4000 (and counting) from Iraq and Afghanistand.. sic "

txgrouch2006 argued:
"In terms of the body count, Iraq/Afghanistan is NOWHERE NEAR Vietnam. And we all know how you liberals LOVE to count bodies. Mainly because it''''s THE ONLY THING YOU CAN UNDERSTAND."

But you love counting dollars almost as much as counting bodies."

[hotpaulie]

txgrouch2006 - real mature. Its easy to talk smack behind a computer name. Look at what your Republican Party has accomplished these past 7 plus years and I can see why you are so upset. Bush makes all you defenders look like idiots...

[boatdocster]

"Yet the Iraq war has consumed less of the nation''s gross domestic product than other pricey conflicts. The Iraq war''s costs represented 1 percent of GDP in the peak year of the war. World War II, with a $4.1 trillion price tag in 2008 dollars, was nearly 36 percent of GDP and the Vietnam War was 2.3 percent of GDP in that wars'' peak years."

True, but in WWII we were not 10 TRILLION dollars in debt. The reality is we can not afford illegal and unwarranted wars that squander our resources. Iraq qualifies on both counts.

[txgrouch2006]

hotpaulie wrote
I don''''t understand you logic
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Considering your lack of mental abilities in general, that''s not surprising.

[hotpaulie]

txgrouch2006 - I don''t understand you logic...you say liberals love counting dollars...well it appears the Republicans love sending money overseas to fight endless wars.

[txgrouch2006]

liberalme wrote
Very true!! Like those little Vietnamese people working in a Nike sweat shop for $28.00 a month--I bet they see a lot of bonus money!
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No, the bonus goes to the OUTSOURCE MANAGER WHO SENT THE JOBS OVERSEAS.

[txgrouch2006]

obama441 wrote
over 58,0000 body bags from Vietnam,over 4000 (and counting) from Iraq and Afghanistand..
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Sounds like you''re cheering for more.

In terms of the body count, Iraq/Afghanistan is NOWHERE NEAR Vietnam. And we all know how you liberals LOVE to count bodies. Mainly because it''s THE ONLY THING YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

But you love counting dollars almost as much as counting bodies. So this news item is still a win for you...