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Iraq-What did it cost- a look back with 8+ years hindsight.
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2011 Feb 17, 5:27pm 10,263 views 49 comments
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Huntington Moneyworth III, Esq
2011 Dec 1, 4:06am
The Iraq Cripple Factory is closing and I will miss the constant influx of the freakishly limbless underclass to this great country. I like shout out to those legless Stumpies to "step it up, you slow bastards" as my limo drives by the veterans cripple hospital.
I'm not worried about a reduction in my daily dose of comedy though as the Persian Scheme is in full swing. Did you know some of these wretches shit into a bag on their stomach now? That's fucking hilarious!
American in Japan
2012 Feb 7, 8:11am
A touch of irony, is that a high % of people who supported this costly intervention (at least for the first few years), are against some of the taxes needed to pay for it. Who was it that there should be an immediate war tax everytime the US goes to war...
American in Japan
2012 May 5, 5:07pm
I wonder what percent of Americans at this point say that the Iraq War was a major waste ? (of lives /of money)
freak80
2012 May 7, 4:54am
Our whole foreign policy has been a complete joke since the end of WW2. A cruel joke, but a joke nonetheless.
American in Japan
2012 May 15, 4:03pm
I wonder who still feels that this Iraq War/Occupation was worth the cost. A breakdown by gender, income. etc.
I know Halliburton employees are delighted and feel it was well worth the cost (to American taxpayers).
I contacted both my Stupid Republican Senators several times & let them know that I was not in favor of military action in Iraq. They voted for military action.
The Bush & Republican Lie of WMD was a Lie then & is still a Lie today. Hindsight does not change the Lie. Many were stupid enough to believe the Lie. But everything is OK since we made so many friends.
American in Japan
2012 Aug 25, 8:21pm
@Hey You
At least you made the effort.
"...everything is OK since we made so many friends."
Yeah, heaps and heaps.
On Patrick.net even the conservatives generally agree that this war was a disaster...
American in Japan
2012 Aug 26, 5:56pm
Pinky explains it here:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/1Khut8xbXK8&feature=relmfu
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It has been eight years now (as March 20), since the Iraq War began. What are the results now that some time has passed? Was it worth the loss of lives (not to mention a good bit of money with many estimates of $1,000,000,000,000 or more)? Who benefitted and who is worse off? Consider too, the deficit the US has now and how the money might have been otherwise spent. All views are welcome--especially with sources or people who have seen Iraq firsthand.