Monday, July 30, 2007

Maybe Gonzo can give them lessons

From the Marine Corps Times:
Pentagon and State Department officials will be under the gun on July 31 to explain the estimated $12 billion-a-month cost of continued military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The House Budget Committee hearing on the cost of military operations and reconstruction costs comes after the Congressional Research Service, a bipartisan analytical arm of Congress, reports the that Congress has provided $610 billion already for the two operations and related costs for fighting terrorism, and will be spending an additional $147 billion in fiscal 2008, which begins Oct. 1.
Everybody knows what it buys. It buys about 100 dead US troops each month, a couple of thousand dead Iraqis and a large number of well armed groups practicing their Civil War skills.

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