On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:37:08 -0500, "Eisboch"
wrote:


"John H" wrote in message
.. .

Obama could have stopped paying for Iraq in two weeks. Any future
costs are his baby.
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You have to realize that those who like to claim a 2 trillion dollar cost
for the war in Iraq are using creative accounting techniques so suit their
agendas. So far it has cost about 640-650 billion. (not that that's
exactly chump change).

The 2 trillion is a "projected cost" of maintaining the military in combat
operations through 2019, a date that both Bush and Obama rejected.

If Obama exits Iraq in accordance with his new time table, it will be
generally in agreement with the timetable that Bush established during the
last four months of his administration.

Some things don't change.

Eisboch

Which is why it's such a shame to see one with your intellect and
understanding wasting his time with the likes of Krause. Krause isn't
interested in another's honest opinion. When presented with a decent
argument his response is name-calling or personal insults, both of
which you've recieved.

He will not engage in a head-to-head discussion, because his positions
(anti-Bush, anti-corp, anti-everything) are untenable. Just as the
liberals are deflecting the focus off the economy, by using Rush,
Harry deflects *any* argument getting close to home with his hate-Bush
or hate-corporation rhetoric.

Some things don't change.
--
John H

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those
who are willing to work and give to those who would not."
Thomas Jefferson