The $2 Trillion Nightmare »
Posted by: Beau7890 5 months, 4 weeks agoThe war in Iraq will ultimately cost U.S. taxpayers not hundreds of billions of dollars, but an astonishing $2 trillion, and perhaps more. There has been very little in the way of public conversation, even in the presidential campaigns, about the consequences of these costs, which are like a cancer inside the American economy.
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Hobe5 months, 4 weeks ago
The $2 Trillion Nightmare
You Know What? If Bill Clinton had delt with Osama Bin Laudin when he was advised, there may never have been a 911...
Also, there may never have been an Iraq WAR....
The Clinton's are Not good for America....
Lie, Lie, Lie, Deny, Deny, Deny,....
Time for these Corrupt Politician's to Retire....
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engineer5 months, 4 weeks ago
That's it!
Blame the Clintons for this administrations evilness. I would expect that from a neocon
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Dionys5 months, 4 weeks ago
Last I heard the estimate, and it's a conservative one, from a Nobel Prize winning economist puts the total cost at US$3 Trillion.
As for not going after Bin Laden being Clinton's fault, please. It's Bush's fault for not reading his security briefings. It's Bush's fault we're embroiled in a war that has nothing to do with 9/11. It's Bush's fault the military and intelligence services gave up on finding Bin Laden (the mastermind of 9/11) long ago.
Not to mention the fact that we're in debt to the Chinese for many generations to come and our economy's crashing. Guess what happens when all the vets return from Iraq? Unemployment goes right back up and the economy's even farther in the toilet.
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blinkers5 months, 4 weeks ago
Bill Clinton has had no influence on the grotesque policies followed by this shambolic administration.
And any time is the right time for a "corrupt politician" to retire -- trouble is, there wouldn't be much government left if only honest politicians held office!
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NOzilla5 months, 4 weeks ago
You don't understand, they NEED Osama bin Laden to start a 9/11, then Afghanistan and ultimately - IRAQ! U.S. cabinets also wanted a piece of Iran, but they haven't found the reason(s) yet. This has been carefully planned and premeditated for more than 4 decades!
They know EXACTLY where Mr. bin Laden is.
This great perception, which was created by 'our' corrupt/greedy governments is still a grand illusion to taxpayers as to why they couldn't find the so-called 'terrorist' is a mystery to most but not the few.
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TOD3965 months, 4 weeks ago
Yeah, yeah, and they have secret cameras that take pictures of everyone. And they also know where Jimmy Hoffa is. And they... Here we are with the ever popular "they".
Any chance you can expound on just who "they" are? And please, don't be so myopic as to state "the government". Any rational person knows that the government hasn't had this type of agenda for over 40 years, as you claim. Rather, give us the names and reasons for each individual in this elaborate scheme.
This should be great...
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Lurch5 months, 4 weeks ago
Ah, fact is, Bush is the only president who has had the chance to get OBL, and he let him go. Remember, it was your hero who said he didn`t know or care where OBL was only a few months after saying he wouldn`t rest til OBL was dead.
Think we know who the flip-flopper in chief is.
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tkyrchncs5 months, 4 weeks ago
If the congress had dealt properly with the Bush administration there would never have been an Iraq war. If the American people had dealt with their government over the Iraq war as they did with the Viet Nam war the war would be long over. If the senior military officers had just given the correct advice about what lunacy it is, there might have been no Iraq war. If Saddam Hussein's mother had fallen down the stairs at the right time there might have been no Iraq war. What drivel. There CONTINUES to be an Iraq war and WE DO NOTHING. We DESERVE the debt and the ill will of the world and the dead and injured and sick soldiers and WORSE.
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TOD3965 months, 4 weeks ago
What a twisted view you have as to what we deserve. I do hope you take your own advice and do something. Like go to a better homeland. Obviously, you don't like it here and quite frankly, you and those like you are not welcome here.
Rather than always trying to find fault with an entire country, because it didn't elect who you wanted 4 and 8 years ago, try to remember that the process works. Our elections still do bring the results of those who participate in them.
If this country is going in the direction you don't like, either do something, or leave. Bashing this country, and stating we deserve worse, is unpatriotic, to say the least.
You hold a very narrow view of who and what America is.
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Lurch5 months, 4 weeks ago
And if America is stupid enough to elect McCain, we can double or even triple that debt!
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finnanzaa2 months, 3 weeks ago
The war in Iraq will ultimately cost U.S. taxpayers not hundreds of billions of dollars, but an astonishing $2 trillion, and perhaps more. There has been very little in the way of public conversation, even in the presidential campaigns, about the consequences of these costs, which are like a cancer inside the American economy. http://pricelistreview.org
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