Ron Paul and Bill O’Reilly Duke It Out
GREAT DEBATE
MSNBC-The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion — roughly double the amount the White House has requested thus far, according to a new report by Democrats on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee.
The report, obtained by The Associated Press and scheduled to be released Tuesday, attempted to put a price tag on the two conflicts, including “hidden” costs such as interest payments on the money borrowed to pay for the wars, lost investment, the expense of long-term health care for injured veterans and the cost of oil market disruptions.
The $1.6 trillion figure, for the period from 2002 to 2008, translates into a cost of $20,900 for a family of four, the report said. The Bush administration has requested $804 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined, the report stated.
[...] Ft. Hard Knox â?? Politically-Conservative Web 2.0 Activists wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMSNBC-The economic costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are estimated to total $1.6 trillion — roughly double the amount the White House has [...]
Just curious if anyone knew if the expected cost to operate a peacetime military, including their “war games”, etc., was deducted when calculating this estimated $1.6 trillion.
Not a big fan of Bill’s, but he ate Paul’s lunch in that exchange.
America’s foreign policy should not be based upon the principle of waiting to be attacked before acting. This may have worked in the old days of nations battling each other with uniformed armies, but not now under current terroristic terms of engagement. We either take them on or get taken out.
Too bad Paul cannot grasp this new practice of war forced upon the U.S.
After the collapse of Communism the military industrial complex went looking for new enemies. And the neo-cons have been beating the war drums in oil country ever since. We got a better ROI (return on investment) when we provided the Stinger missiles to the Muhjahadeen in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. Bill O’Reilly will never be a Reagan Conservative when it comes to the Middle East.
Bill showed his normal arrogance. Ron Paul was restraining himself from getting into a shouting match.
“Too bad Paul cannot grasp this new practice of war forced upon the U.S.”
You’ve been sniffing glue again, haven’t you bb?
“We don’t need a history lesson”…
Yes…because you don’t need to understand the situation. Everyone in the US obviously already understands the history of the Middle East.