Iraq and Afghan Wars could Cost $2.4 Trillion

[DeadCanDance]

The price of incompetence, and financing wars with borrowed money:



Iraq, Afghan wars could cost US 2.4 trillion: report

Oct 24 10:56 AM US/Eastern

Reuters: U.S. CBO estimates $2.4 trillion long-term war costs

The total cost, including debt servicing, of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach 2.4 trillion dollars by 2017, a report by the Congressional Budget Office found Wednesday.

The report, by the body which provides non-partisan budget analysis for Congress, said higher estimates for spending for the wars could top out at 1.7 trillion dollars by the end of the next ten year period.

Under the most intense scenarios of US military activity, a further 705 billion dollars could be added to the cost by interest payments, assuming the wars continue to be largely financed by government borrowing, the report said.

The estimate contains estimated costs up to 2007 for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other war on terror spending.

It also includes related spending on medical care and disability compensation for veterans, and survivors benefits.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071024145645.mf068wkv&show_article=1


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Trillion-dollar war: Afghanistan and Iraq set to cost more than Vietnam and Korea Combined

By Leonard Doyle in Washington
Published: 24 October 2007

President George Bush will have spent more than $1 trillion on military adventures by the time he leaves office at the end of next year, more than the entire amount spent on the Korean and Vietnam wars combined.

http://www.propeller.com/viewstory/.../world/americas/article3090340.ece&frame=true

 

[doniston]

The price of incompetence, and financing wars with borrowed money:



Iraq, Afghan wars could cost US 2.4 trillion: report

Oct 24 10:56 AM US/Eastern

Reuters: U.S. CBO estimates $2.4 trillion long-term war costs

The total cost, including debt servicing, of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach 2.4 trillion dollars by 2017, a report by the Congressional Budget Office found Wednesday.

The report, by the body which provides non-partisan budget analysis for Congress, said higher estimates for spending for the wars could top out at 1.7 trillion dollars by the end of the next ten year period.

Under the most intense scenarios of US military activity, a further 705 billion dollars could be added to the cost by interest payments, assuming the wars continue to be largely financed by government borrowing, the report said.

The estimate contains estimated costs up to 2007 for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other war on terror spending.

It also includes related spending on medical care and disability compensation for veterans, and survivors benefits.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071024145645.mf068wkv&show_article=1

let's not worry about the money. How many lives would be lost???

 

[Gunny]

The price of incompetence, and financing wars with borrowed money:



Iraq, Afghan wars could cost US 2.4 trillion: report

Oct 24 10:56 AM US/Eastern

Reuters: U.S. CBO estimates $2.4 trillion long-term war costs

The total cost, including debt servicing, of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could reach 2.4 trillion dollars by 2017, a report by the Congressional Budget Office found Wednesday.

The report, by the body which provides non-partisan budget analysis for Congress, said higher estimates for spending for the wars could top out at 1.7 trillion dollars by the end of the next ten year period.

Under the most intense scenarios of US military activity, a further 705 billion dollars could be added to the cost by interest payments, assuming the wars continue to be largely financed by government borrowing, the report said.

The estimate contains estimated costs up to 2007 for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and other war on terror spending.

It also includes related spending on medical care and disability compensation for veterans, and survivors benefits.


http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071024145645.mf068wkv&show_article=1


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Oh wah.

Guess it's time we started pumping that Iraqi oil into US oil tankers, huh?

 

[Kid Pickle]

Put a dead stop on all of the social program budget and cut taxes again... problem solved.
Give our troops all they need to kick ass and WIN!

 

[DeadCanDance]

Put a dead stop on all of the social program budget and cut taxes again... problem solved.
Give our troops all they need to kick ass and WIN!

Yeah, I think every republican presidential candidate, senatorial candidate, and house candidate should make this their election platform. Don't you agree?

 

[Kid Pickle]

Yeah, I think every republican presidential candidate, senatorial candidate, and house candidate should make this their election platform. Don't you agree?

I think you're being facetious, but yes, it's time to tell it like it is. The dems want us to lose because they don't want a war for any reason. They like police actions and treating terrorism as a crime. They like to spend other peoples money to keep people dependant on them instead of themselves and their Creator.
Conservatives need to tell it like it is. We are at war. The only acceptable outcome of war is victory. For victory we need stuff. We have the best stuff in the world. It is expensive stuff. If we do not get the really great, expensive stuff that our warriors need to win, it won't much matter how much of the budget goes to food stamps, the NEA, stem cell reasearch, free condoms, etc., because people will begin dying here in pretty large amounts and these things will suddenly seem just a wee bit unimportant as all of the government resources will need to be devoted to keeping our country from descending into anarchy.

 

[DeadCanDance]

I hope and pray you and your party make that your platform: eliminate virtually all government services except for spending for the war in iraq.

 

[Kid Pickle]

As I hope and pray that the Socialists make their platform "America sucks. America is evil and mean. Let's give up. Stop working for yourself. Stop struggling. You can't do it. You're too dumb. Give us all your money. We'll take care of you. Crawl in mama Clinton's lap. Shh-shh-shh-shh. It's gonna be okay. Don't worry how we'll afford it. That's not your problem anymore."

Tough time call for tough measures. It is time to decide what is true and right and execute. It is not time to pretend it will all go away if we just give up, let things work themselves out and let the "smart" people and the "experts" handle it.

What really worries me is that we are so spoiled and morally ambivalent as a society that we may just choose the path of least resistance. I pray that isn't so.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Ya Clinton has said first we should spend 20 Billion a year on giving ever child born 5k for free, then has said we should make all medical Goverment run and paid for and recently she had another plan for something like 1500 dollars per person from some dumb idea.

Lets waste our money on things the Government doesn't even have the legal right to do. Lets hope Clinton is the Nominee for the dems, she will pay for all those ignorant plans she keeps floating then pulling back from.

Last I checked the Constitution DOES REQUIRE the Government to defend us, that IS in fact a legal and authorized use of our tax dollars.

 

[Diuretic]

Oh wah.

Guess it's time we started pumping that Iraqi oil into US oil tankers, huh?

If the price gets to 100$ a barrel then it might be a clue.

 

[Diuretic]

Put a dead stop on all of the social program budget and cut taxes again... problem solved.
Give our troops all they need to kick ass and WIN!

They already won ya dill, they're having a problem with the occupation. But it doesn't matter because it's obvious that Iraq is going to be occupied by US forces for the next fifty years or until the oil runs out, whichever comes first.

 

[Diuretic]

As I hope and pray that the Socialists make their platform "America sucks. America is evil and mean. Let's give up. Stop working for yourself. Stop struggling. You can't do it. You're too dumb. Give us all your money. We'll take care of you. Crawl in mama Clinton's lap. Shh-shh-shh-shh. It's gonna be okay. Don't worry how we'll afford it. That's not your problem anymore."

Tough time call for tough measures. It is time to decide what is true and right and execute. It is not time to pretend it will all go away if we just give up, let things work themselves out and let the "smart" people and the "experts" handle it.

What really worries me is that we are so spoiled and morally ambivalent as a society that we may just choose the path of least resistance. I pray that isn't so.

So, when are you joining up big fella? Or is it too much fun at the mall?

 

[eots]

the Clinton plan or the Rudy the G plan will be the same , limited phased troop level reduction with a (if all goes well clause )and the breaking of Iraq into seperate countrys with permanent US military bases which coincidental was the Cheney/ rumsfeld pre war PNAC plan .and guess who got a lot of those trillions

 

[Diuretic]

I think you're right eots.

 

[Chips Rafferty]

Put a dead stop on all of the social program budget and cut taxes again... problem solved.
Give our troops all they need to kick ass and WIN!

Gawd fuck me Foley! What more do these purported supermen need to kick the asses of a hundred or so peripatetic, disunited date-pickers, dressed in their mother's table-cloths and tea towels, and armed with Soviet WW2 war surplus?!

Sheesh, I thought you would have learnt a lesson after the Somalis, stoned outta their tiny minds on Khat, kicked yo' ass.

Next time don't bite off more than you can chew. Start with invading countries like Sealand and work up through Hutt River Province, The Vatican, Andorra, etc, before you tackle the big boys like the Bedouins.

 

[DeadCanDance]

Ya Clinton has said first we should spend 20 Billion a year on giving ever child born 5k for free, then has said we should make all medical Goverment run and paid for and recently she had another plan for something like 1500 dollars per person from some dumb idea.

Lets waste our money on things the Government doesn't even have the legal right to do. Lets hope Clinton is the Nominee for the dems, she will pay for all those ignorant plans she keeps floating then pulling back from.

Last I checked the Constitution DOES REQUIRE the Government to defend us, that IS in fact a legal and authorized use of our tax dollars.

Excellent. Another republican who thinks we should be spending tax dollars on Iraq and the pentagon, and not much else.

I really hope you encourage your party to run on that platform.

 

[Gunny]

If the price gets to 100$ a barrel then it might be a clue.

I keep forgetting there are "those" who acutally believe that crap.

 

[Gunny]

Excellent. Another republican who thinks we should be spending tax dollars on Iraq and the pentagon, and not much else.

I really hope you encourage your party to run on that platform.

So how about you spit out exactly what you're trying to say? Are you suggesting we go back to the Carter/Clinton mindset of stripping the military budget down to nothing and sending troops out with broken-down and worn-out equipment?

We have a military. It's currently deployed in combat status and it HAS TO BE paid for and equipped. Period.

You can't just wish it away. And those of you who are more concerned with numbers on a sheet of paper than you are the reality on the ground gripe my ass.

I don't see how understanding the simple fact that the military must be funded gets twisted into "that's the whole platform."

 

[DeadCanDance]

So how about you spit out exactly what you're trying to say? Are you suggesting we go back to the Carter/Clinton mindset of stripping the military budget down to nothing and sending troops out with broken-down and worn-out equipment?

We have a military. It's currently deployed in combat status and it HAS TO BE paid for and equipped. Period.

You can't just wish it away. And those of you who are more concerned with numbers on a sheet of paper than you are the reality on the ground gripe my ass.

I don't see how understanding the simple fact that the military must be funded gets twisted into "that's the whole platform."

Are you suggesting we go back to the Carter/Clinton mindset of stripping the military budget down to nothing and sending troops out with broken-down and worn-out equipment?...You can't just wish it away.


I really wish you could become more sophisticated on national security.

9/11 didn't happen because we didn't have enough tanks, aircraft carriers, planes, or troops. It was an intelligence and law enforcement failure. More tanks and artillery would have done nothing to stop it. Without the threat of the Red Army and Red Navy, there was simply no reason to have a two million man army, and a 600 ship navy. Its a waste of resources.

Reaching back into time, 12 years or more, to blame clinton really is a diversion of the responsibility you hold. You are on record saying that we shouldn't have invaded iraq. It is the IRAQ WAR that has overstretched, comprimised, and hollowed out our military. Clinton didn't do that. The man you voted for did that. It was an unneccessary and unwise war that has comprimised our army and national guard. Not something that clinton did in the early 1990s. Your presidents unwise decision to invade, and his absolute incompetence and dereliction of duty, has caused the iraq war to hallow out our military.

The size of the military on September 11, 2001, was completely adequate to meet our needs. No nation on earth could even come close to challenging us....unless and until some idiot president got us bogged down in an unneccessary trillion dollar quagmire in the middle east.

I'm not against defense spending. I'm against stupid defense spending, and stupid war.

 

[Anti-Sycophant]

the money we are wasting on this war could be put to better use for ,oh say....public education, healthcare, environmental conservation, etc.