That question is "not going to face this government," Bush said, chuckling slightly at a news conference with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, "because we made up our mind. We've made that part clear. It'll face future governments. There will be future opportunities for people to say, 'Well, it's not worth it. Let's just retreat.' "
Since then, nearly 700 more American soldiers have died in a war that has now lasted more than four years, lost the lives of more than 3,600 U.S. troops, cost $10 billion a month -- and cost Republicans control of the House and Senate.
I love how it costs 10 billion dollars a month. I wish it was better phrased top money was transfered from the people to a select group of mega corporations. I am sure some of it is for the troops but a whole heck of a lot of it is for war machinery and infrastructure, which results in big companies getting richer and the American People losing money that could otherwise pay for a fucking hell of a lot of services. Imagine if our government had an additional 10 billion to spend on domestic programs.
I can't wait to read about how terrible Bush was in history books. Unfortunately, I will be one of those people that children ask why I didn't do anything about it.
Ya know, if that money was spent on the gulf coast, a wave of expatriates would be back at home in New Orleans and Mississippi, probably from just one month of war monies.
The president has so missed the boat in his meglomanical passion for this ill-conceived fight. The only thing more disappointing was Congress turning out to be enablers for him after much pointless bluster.
If you believe polls, Congress isn't too much more popular that Bush at the moment. All that talk about ending the war and they know what their options are. If they put their money where their mouth is, which is a very brave thing to do politically speaking, our troops could already be home.
As far as the $10 Bil a month is concerned, I don't trust government to NOT squander it.
And just what are we spending that money on?
Reconstruction of buildings is one.
Hey, how many times in the last year have you heard of an important, newly built under contract building in Iraq having the problem of HUMAN SHIT FILLING UP THE WALLS!!!! HA HA HA!!! no, seriously. The multi-million, state of the art Police academy we built there and the largest US embasy in the world both are crumbling buildings with plumbing so bad that walls, like the administration of both countries, is full of shit.
10 Billion times 12 months times 5 years is a half trillion dollars.
Totally a worth while expenditure, I mean there is no alternative stuff we could spend that money on.