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Post by unlawflcombatnt on Jul 8, 2011 5:06:14 GMT -6
from Yahoo News via Patrick.net Report Says $4 Trillion War CostJune 29, 2011 by Liz Goodwin " A new report out of Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq--together with the counterinsurgency efforts in Pakistan--will, all told, cost $4 trillion and leave 225,000 dead, both civilians and soldiers.
The group of economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists involved in the project estimated that the cost of caring for the veterans injured in the wars will reach $1 trillion in 30 or 40 years. In estimating the $4 trillion total, they did not take into account the $5.3 billion in reconstruction spending the government has promised Afghanistan, state and local contributions to veteran care, interest payments on war debt, or the costs of Medicare for veterans when they reach 65."
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Post by waltc on Jul 8, 2011 12:25:26 GMT -6
And neither party wants to end these wars/occupation despite all polling showing that the American people want out.
It's clear the Neocon agenda is alive and well among our political elite.
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Post by fredorbob on Jul 8, 2011 20:32:19 GMT -6
Are these Ron Paul numbers where paying interest on the national debt, and other unrelated things, is included to the war cost?
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Post by graybeard on Jul 9, 2011 6:03:29 GMT -6
CONgress just passed a $568 Billion defense budget.
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Post by waltc on Jul 9, 2011 16:06:51 GMT -6
What I've read most of the Iraq war costs were kept off the books, so that even Congress doesn't know the true cost.
And the fuckers still won't say what the real cost of Libya is. The MSM won't even say what assets we have out there or what is really going on, on the ground.
And $568 billion!!
It should be half that.
But it's clear the TPTB aren't going to stop, they are going to drive the bus off the cliff. The fuckers are in full Imperial Rome mode and will go out with a massive economic and military collapse.
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Post by graybeard on Jul 9, 2011 17:19:18 GMT -6
Not launching the F-35 would have saved a $Trillion. And that was after the F-22 cost $1 Trillion. The slippery turd is too costly to use against any enemy. They haven't been used over Libya. Drones are the future.
Just those two obsolete fighter programs have made had a big negative effect on our economy. Think of all the other squandrous mil programs.
We've probably paid a lot more for mercenaries in those two wars than for those in uniform. The cost will probably equal out as the cost to care for TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, PTSD and other wounds overwhelm the VA, while the poor mercenaries probably don't get squat.
GB
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