Thursday, February 28, 2008
You can look at the Cost of the War counter
and say to yourself, how can that reach $3 Trillion if it hasn't topped a half a Trillion yet? The complete repair and rebuild costs plus the massive long term veterans costs are yet to come. Nobel prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes have written a detailed look at the true costs of Our Dear Leader's Exciting Middle East Adventures. Examine any one part and see how the Republicans, even with the most callous and traitorous underfunding of the war, have also grossly underestimated the actual costs.
When other factors are added — such as interest on debt, future borrowing for war expenses, the cost of a continued military presence in Iraq and lifetime health-care and counseling for veterans — they think that the wars' costs range from $5 trillion to $7 trillion.The White House response from Tony Farto to the book is so beneath contempt, but it does illustrate why, on Inauguration Day, the whole crew needs to be stripped naked and whipped out of town at the hands of a howling mob. Meanwhile, the book hits the stores on Friday and if the White House doesn't like it, it must be accurate.
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