heyholetsgogrant Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Iraq war has cost US 350 billion dollarsSun Dec 3, 5:34 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - The war in Iraq has cost the United States more than 350 billion dollars since the March 2003 invasion, according to an AFP review of Congress figures. ADVERTISEMENT About 290 billion dollars, including 254 billion for military operations, were allocated for the war in fiscal year 2006, which closed on September 30, according to a September 22 report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The Congressional Research Service estimated the cost at 319 billion dollars, representing 73 percent of US spending for the "war on terror" launched after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Congress has approved 70 billion dollars for the "war on terror" in the 2007 defense budget that includes about 50 billion dollars for the Iraq conflict, bringing the three-and-a-half-year spending over 350 billion dollars. A Democratic senator said last month that the Defense Department will request an additional 127 billion dollars for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an amount that would bring the cost of the "war on terror" over 500 billion dollars. The new funding request would make the "war on terror" more expensive for the United States than Washington's spending during the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. The Congressional Research Service said in a September report that the cost of the war in Iraq rose this year to eight billion dollars a month, compared to 6.4 billion a month last year. Source: AFT http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/usiraqpoliticsreport Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomerics Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 So much for the war paying for itself. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashburnskinsfan Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Creating a civil war and destabilizing a region doesn't come cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboDaMan Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Meter's still running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Im sure we can pull that amount out of the ground over there. Oil, that is........... black gold.............. Texas tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 The tab is actually a LOT higher than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thiebear Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 73 percent of US spending for the "war on terror" launched after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. I'd say 73% of the terrorism is there right now... damn good spending Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboDaMan Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 73 percent of US spending for the "war on terror" launched after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.I'd say 73% of the terrorism is there right now... damn good spending I'd say there's 73% more terror right now, really darn good spending :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I'd say there's 73% more terror right now, really darn good spending :doh: Pretty much. They just don't get it do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelms Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Better than spending it on the commiecrats socialist programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.A.C.O.L.B. Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Better than spending it on the commiecrats socialist programs. Yeah because killing people in a country we have no business being in is better then rebuilding New Orleans or getting health care for all Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelms Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 Yeah because killing people in a country we have no business being in is better then rebuilding New Orleans or getting health care for all Americans. Like I said, better than spending it on socialist programs. Work for your own health care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanCollins Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 like to see haliburton and chenney's cut, probably at least 5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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