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.


What happens when you factor in the costs of medical care for
returning vets, and keeping their families afloat? Tack on another
Trillion, easily - not to mention the loss of a lot of thousands of
productive lives, who will now be using resources rather than creating
them. Maybe tack on 2 trillion.