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<blockquote data-quote="diesel96" data-source="post: 238592" data-attributes="member: 9859"><p>"Fair and Balanced" hmmm NY Post....Good ole Rupert Murdock's Newspaper,owner of Fox News......Anyway one of the author's quotes from this article states;</p><p> </p><p>"Given the complexity of the situation in Iraq - problems that date back not just to 2003, but to biblical days - no one can guarantee success, however humbly we measure it. But quitting <em>will </em>guarantee failure, with gruesome long-term costs."</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Besides the Iraq citizens,does this author realize US citizens are already paying gruesome long term costs?</p><p>Beside the gruesome cost taxpayers has paid for this war,hasn't American Families paid the ultimate price already with the loss of their loved ones in the Middle East ? </p><p>American people are tired of Iraq war supporters banging us on the head with using terms such as "quitting" and "failure". </p><p>American people are demanding a New Direction on the Iraq war. It is time to wind down this war and begin to bring our troops home safely and soon. We have to stop being in the business of "Nation Building". Now this Administration is beating the war drum on Iran.</p><p> </p><p>You can not begin to put a price tag on on our troops:</p><p><u><strong>PRICE PAID BY U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ</strong></u></p><p>· June, July, and August 2007 have marked the <u>bloodiest summer</u> so far for U.S. troops in Iraq. [icasualties.org]</p><p>· U.S. casualties in Iraq are <u>65 percent higher</u> this year than at this time in 2006. [icasualties.org]</p><p>· As of August 29th, <u>3,731 U.S. troops have been killed</u> and more than <u>27,660 have been wounded</u> in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. [Department of Defense, 8/29/07]</p><p> </p><p><u><strong>COST TO U.S. TAXPAYERS</strong></u></p><p>· Congress has already appropriated nearly $477 billion for the war in Iraq since March 2003. </p><p></p><p>· According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the U.S. is spending an estimated $10 billion per month in Iraq. [CRS, 6/28/07] <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong><u>COST OF THE WAR BROKEN DOWN</u> </strong></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>o Month: $10,000,000,000 </strong></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>o Week: $2,307,692,380 </strong></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>o Day: $329,670,330</strong></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>o Hour: $13,736,264</strong></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>o Minute: $228,938</strong></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>o Second: $3,816</strong></p><p>· The Pentagon cannot account for more than 190,000 weapons – paid for by U.S. taxpayers – given to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005. [<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501299.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #304a67">Washington Post, 8/6/07</span></a>]</p><p>· At least $10 billion in taxpayer dollars has been squandered by the government in Iraq reconstruction contracts according to U.S. auditors. [<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17168266/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #304a67">MSNBC, 2/15/07</span></a>]</p><p><u><strong>WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO WITH SOME OF THE MONEY SPENT ON IRAQ WAR SO FAR?</strong></u></p><p>How bout invest in </p><p>America.....Transportation,Education,Healthcare(especially our wounded veterans),Security,Immigration,FEMA,New Orleans,Poverty,etc....</p><p> </p><p>Esimated costs by the time GW and this Admin. step down(IF they relinquish power) will be set at 1 Trillon dollars(I don't even know how many zeros that is).</p><p> </p><p>By rebuilding and making Iraq safer for Iraq'ees we are neglecting our own people here in America.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="diesel96, post: 238592, member: 9859"] "Fair and Balanced" hmmm NY Post....Good ole Rupert Murdock's Newspaper,owner of Fox News......Anyway one of the author's quotes from this article states; "Given the complexity of the situation in Iraq - problems that date back not just to 2003, but to biblical days - no one can guarantee success, however humbly we measure it. But quitting [I]will [/I]guarantee failure, with gruesome long-term costs." Besides the Iraq citizens,does this author realize US citizens are already paying gruesome long term costs? Beside the gruesome cost taxpayers has paid for this war,hasn't American Families paid the ultimate price already with the loss of their loved ones in the Middle East ? American people are tired of Iraq war supporters banging us on the head with using terms such as "quitting" and "failure". American people are demanding a New Direction on the Iraq war. It is time to wind down this war and begin to bring our troops home safely and soon. We have to stop being in the business of "Nation Building". Now this Administration is beating the war drum on Iran. You can not begin to put a price tag on on our troops: [U][B]PRICE PAID BY U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ[/B][/U] · June, July, and August 2007 have marked the [U]bloodiest summer[/U] so far for U.S. troops in Iraq. [icasualties.org] · U.S. casualties in Iraq are [U]65 percent higher[/U] this year than at this time in 2006. [icasualties.org] · As of August 29th, [U]3,731 U.S. troops have been killed[/U] and more than [U]27,660 have been wounded[/U] in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003. [Department of Defense, 8/29/07] [U][B]COST TO U.S. TAXPAYERS[/B][/U] · Congress has already appropriated nearly $477 billion for the war in Iraq since March 2003. · According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the U.S. is spending an estimated $10 billion per month in Iraq. [CRS, 6/28/07] [INDENT][B][U]COST OF THE WAR BROKEN DOWN[/U] [/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]o Month: $10,000,000,000 [/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]o Week: $2,307,692,380 [/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]o Day: $329,670,330[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]o Hour: $13,736,264[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]o Minute: $228,938[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]o Second: $3,816[/B][/INDENT] · The Pentagon cannot account for more than 190,000 weapons – paid for by U.S. taxpayers – given to Iraqi security forces in 2004 and 2005. [[URL="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/05/AR2007080501299.html"][COLOR=#304a67]Washington Post, 8/6/07[/COLOR][/URL]] · At least $10 billion in taxpayer dollars has been squandered by the government in Iraq reconstruction contracts according to U.S. auditors. [[URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17168266/"][COLOR=#304a67]MSNBC, 2/15/07[/COLOR][/URL]] [U][B]WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO WITH SOME OF THE MONEY SPENT ON IRAQ WAR SO FAR?[/B][/U] How bout invest in America.....Transportation,Education,Healthcare(especially our wounded veterans),Security,Immigration,FEMA,New Orleans,Poverty,etc.... Esimated costs by the time GW and this Admin. step down(IF they relinquish power) will be set at 1 Trillon dollars(I don't even know how many zeros that is). By rebuilding and making Iraq safer for Iraq'ees we are neglecting our own people here in America. [/QUOTE]
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