Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Bush's War Turns 5


The Iraqi war will be 5 years old on March 19th. Here are a few of the costs in money and in lives lost:
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has estimated that the war in Iraq costs up to 9 billion per month. That's on top of the $13 billion spent on the initial deployment.
Here is a summary of the costs:
Initial deployment of troops: $9 billion to $13 billion
Conducting the war: $6 billion to $9 billion per month
Returning forces to US: $5 billion to $7 billion
Temporary occupation of Iraq: $1 billion to $4 billion per month

Almost 4,000 American soldiers and over 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have died as a result of the war. There are countless injuries.

Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. Anyone paying any attention knew there was no connection between 9/11 and Iraq. Bush knew there was no connection and went to war anyway for his own personal reasons. This is just a small part of the price the world is paying for his lies. For more blogs on the 5 year anniversary of the war see http://march19-blogswarm.blogspot.com/

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