Comments on: Cost of escalation may reach $40 billion. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:52:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: MATTHEW http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3983069 MATTHEW Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:45:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3983069 I would like you all to know that because of Bush's fiasco in Iraq and his turning a blind eye to Afghanistan and Pakistan,Pakistan has been overwhelmed by the Taliban and al-qaida and is on the verge of civil war according to reports out of that country.The real scary part is that Pakistan has roughly 50 nuclear warheads.Now if that isn't a case of us being a lot less safe with fuerer Bush in office i don't know what is.And to you folks{jake d} and the rest of the bush cheerleading section,if you make less than $250,000.00 a year you simply are not invited to the party no matter which way you vote.Every time you vote for these guys just go to your kitchen drawer and pull out a knife and stab yourself in the back with it hard and repeatedly because thats about what you're doing anyway.Wake up you dunderheads.BTW i'm not left or right just a concerned american watching his beloved country overun by a bunch of old buffons with to much money and no brains. I would like you all to know that because of Bush’s fiasco in Iraq and his turning a blind eye to Afghanistan and Pakistan,Pakistan has been overwhelmed by the Taliban and al-qaida and is on the verge of civil war according to reports out of that country.The real scary part is that Pakistan has roughly 50 nuclear warheads.Now if that isn’t a case of us being a lot less safe with fuerer Bush in office i don’t know what is.And to you folks{jake d} and the rest of the bush cheerleading section,if you make less than $250,000.00 a year you simply are not invited to the party no matter which way you vote.Every time you vote for these guys just go to your kitchen drawer and pull out a knife and stab yourself in the back with it hard and repeatedly because thats about what you’re doing anyway.Wake up you dunderheads.BTW i’m not left or right just a concerned american watching his beloved country overun by a bunch of old buffons with to much money and no brains.

]]> By: Mark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3982818 Mark Thu, 02 Aug 2007 19:38:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3982818 The taxpayers are paying for the LIES! Cut domestic programs to pay for the War! What a shame the BUSH Administration has created! WE'RE FED UP! PATIENCE HAS RUN OUT! The taxpayers are paying for the LIES! Cut domestic programs to pay for the War! What a shame the BUSH Administration has created!

WE’RE FED UP! PATIENCE HAS RUN OUT!

]]> By: Jimmy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3981989 Jimmy Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:33:09 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3981989 When will the Bushniks pay for this? When will the Bushniks pay for this?

]]> By: Jimmy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3981987 Jimmy Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:30:21 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3981987 We should send the Bushnik bastards to a hotel in Baghdad. We should send the Bushnik bastards to a hotel in Baghdad.

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3981312 JPark Thu, 02 Aug 2007 02:20:50 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3981312 Doc, it isn't cut and spend. It is borrow and spend. China is happy. Doc, it isn’t cut and spend. It is borrow and spend. China is happy.

]]> By: docholliday http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3981261 docholliday Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:44:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3981261 Don't worry! The Republicans will just continue to tax-cut and spend. The new national debt limit will be raised to 9.85 trillion and they'll cut useless entitlement programs like social security or medicare to pay for the boost to the military industrial complex (you know, all those Bush/Cheney - favored businesses with no-bid contracts, no oversight and only a slim majority of gutless Democrats to correct) and the 70 plus billion in military aid to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Gulf States. Spend, spend, spend, spend they call it Republican fiscal conservatism, don't they! Don’t worry! The Republicans will just continue to tax-cut and spend.

The new national debt limit will be raised to 9.85 trillion and they’ll cut useless entitlement programs like social security or medicare to pay for the boost to the military industrial complex (you know, all those Bush/Cheney – favored businesses with no-bid contracts, no oversight and only a slim majority of gutless Democrats to correct) and the 70 plus billion in military aid to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the Gulf States.

Spend, spend, spend, spend they call it Republican fiscal conservatism, don’t they!

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3981235 JPark Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:26:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3981235 At least you are thinking Pakistan...a REAL supporter of terrorists. Now, turn your sights west to Saudi Arabia. What do you think of them? At least you are thinking Pakistan…a REAL supporter of terrorists. Now, turn your sights west to Saudi Arabia. What do you think of them?

]]> By: JPark http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3981219 JPark Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:12:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3981219 "How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives?" Scared? “How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives?”

Scared?

]]> By: Doc Rock http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3980856 Doc Rock Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:21:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980856 FYI, Your figures don't add up across the top row--I think it should be 11 vice 10 billion, but what's a billion when the Pentagon can't account for 19 billion? FYI, Your figures don’t add up across the top row–I think it should be 11 vice 10 billion, but what’s a billion when the Pentagon can’t account for 19 billion?

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3980655 toasterhead Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:52:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980655 <i>How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives? ROTFL, ROTFL Comment by Happy Guy — August 1, 2007 @ 12:45 pm</i> Awwww, Happy Guy is smitten with Barack Obama. Instead of using his first name (which means "blessing") he's using his middle name Hussein (which means "little beauty"). When will we see the YouTube music video starring you and your little crush? How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives?

ROTFL, ROTFL

Comment by Happy Guy — August 1, 2007 @ 12:45 pm

Awwww, Happy Guy is smitten with Barack Obama. Instead of using his first name (which means “blessing”) he’s using his middle name Hussein (which means “little beauty”).

When will we see the YouTube music video starring you and your little crush?

]]> By: DRxJ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-2/#comment-3980648 DRxJ Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:49:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980648 <em>How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives? ROTFL, ROTFL Comment by Happy & Stoned Guy — August 1, 2007 @ 12:45 pm</em> You really don't offer much for debate, do ya? Ya know, cannibis used in excess can affect one's memory. Pick yourself up, sir, and step away from the bong! How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives?
ROTFL, ROTFL
Comment by Happy & Stoned Guy — August 1, 2007 @ 12:45 pm

You really don’t offer much for debate, do ya?
Ya know, cannibis used in excess can affect one’s memory.

Pick yourself up, sir, and step away from the bong!

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980645 toasterhead Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:47:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980645 <i>I really to fear the day that China starts calling in our debt. It will make the Great Depression look like nothing. Comment by bilbobaggins — August 1, 2007 @ 9:08 am</i> I wonder if that could be the reason we're reluctant to interfere much in Sudan. And makes me wonder how much we'll actually get involved with Iran. Do you think China would lend us money to bomb a country they're signing oil deals with? I really to fear the day that China starts calling in our debt. It will make the Great Depression look like nothing.

Comment by bilbobaggins — August 1, 2007 @ 9:08 am

I wonder if that could be the reason we’re reluctant to interfere much in Sudan.

And makes me wonder how much we’ll actually get involved with Iran. Do you think China would lend us money to bomb a country they’re signing oil deals with?

]]> By: Happy Guy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980520 Happy Guy Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:45:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980520 How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama's war with Pakistan cost? How many lives? ROTFL, ROTFL How much will Mr. B. Hussein Obama’s war with Pakistan cost? How many lives?

ROTFL, ROTFL

]]> By: barfly http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980364 barfly Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:50:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980364 "It sounds to me like the anti-reconciliation agenda some Iraqi officials has been exposed, so I say 'Good riddance!!!'" Comment by Philonous And the oil facilities these disgruntled Sunnis will turn their wrath to will just turn on their terrorist deflector shields? “It sounds to me like the anti-reconciliation agenda some Iraqi officials has been exposed, so I say ‘Good riddance!!!’”

Comment by Philonous

And the oil facilities these disgruntled Sunnis will turn their wrath to will just turn on their terrorist deflector shields?

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980360 RUCerious Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:49:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980360 It sounds to me like the anti-reconciliation agenda some Iraqi officials has been exposed, so I say “Good riddance!!!” Yeah, good riddance to the "democratic experiment" that was the Iraqi government. Why can't they pass laws? Because they can't get enough consensus, and this is the reason why. It sounds to me like the anti-reconciliation agenda some Iraqi officials has been exposed, so I say “Good riddance!!!”

Yeah, good riddance to the “democratic experiment” that was the Iraqi government. Why can’t they pass laws? Because they can’t get enough consensus, and this is the reason why.

]]> By: Philonous http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980337 Philonous Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:42:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980337 This can’t be good: BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq’s largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced its withdrawal from the government Wednesday, undermining Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s efforts to seek reconciliation among the country’s rival factions. Can we get our guys out of there now? Comment by Menehune — August 1, 2007 @ 8:55 am --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Actually, that IS a good sign. Why would the US leave when the reconciliation process had flushed out members of separatist factions in the Iraqi govt.? It sounds to me like the anti-reconciliation agenda some Iraqi officials has been exposed, so I say "Good riddance!!!" This can’t be good:

BAGHDAD (AP) – Iraq’s largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced its withdrawal from the government Wednesday, undermining Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s efforts to seek reconciliation among the country’s rival factions.

Can we get our guys out of there now?

Comment by Menehune — August 1, 2007 @ 8:55 am
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Actually, that IS a good sign.

Why would the US leave when the reconciliation process had flushed out members of separatist factions in the Iraqi govt.?

It sounds to me like the anti-reconciliation agenda some Iraqi officials has been exposed, so I say “Good riddance!!!”

]]> By: 25%ER O'Hanlon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980335 25%ER O'Hanlon Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:41:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980335 So far "Operation Punt Bush's Mess" has been a huge success and is worth every penny. So far “Operation Punt Bush’s Mess” has been a huge success and is worth every penny.

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980304 MapleStreet Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:28:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980304 Don't let them keep splitting the statistics. That $40 bill is only for the increase due to the surge. That is on top of expenditure 1 which is on top of expenditure 2 on top of....... Remember, the GAO report concluded that it couldn't conclusively determine a figure for the total War on Terror and / or Iraq War Don’t let them keep splitting the statistics. That $40 bill is only for the increase due to the surge. That is on top of expenditure 1 which is on top of expenditure 2 on top of…….

Remember, the GAO report concluded that it couldn’t conclusively determine a figure for the total War on Terror and / or Iraq War

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980221 RUCerious Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:53:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980221 DRxJ ~ Thanks for pointing out that Jake the Fake has zero cred. DRxJ ~ Thanks for pointing out that Jake the Fake has zero cred.

]]> By: tarazan http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/comment-page-1/#comment-3980206 tarazan Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:46:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/01/surge-cost-forty-bn/#comment-3980206 #17 Jake D. " WW II was expensive too" ---------------------------------- World war II started by two superpowers at the time,Germany and Japan. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 to take over the Pacific,and Germany was already in control of most Europe. Germany and Japan then were superpowers. Germany had the best army,navy and airforce of its time. Japan was the dominant power in the Pacific. We and the rest of the world had to fight this war,after England,Russia,USA,France were all attacked,besides most of European and Eastern Asian countries How can you compare WWII to Iraq,which was under sanctions by all countries for over 12 years (as a result of UN Security resolutions imposed on Iraq); have no airforce,no navy,no modern army. Item Iraq imported were subjected to approval by the UN. Even Iraqis had no control over their oil revenues. It was controlled by an escrew account run by the UN[Oil For Food Program] We controlled the Iraqi skies for years over Iraq. Iraq also has nothing to do with 9/11. So how can you compare this to WWII? #17 Jake D.
” WW II was expensive too”
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World war II started by two superpowers at the time,Germany and Japan.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 to take over the Pacific,and Germany was already in control of most Europe.

Germany and Japan then were superpowers.

Germany had the best army,navy and airforce of its time.
Japan was the dominant power in the Pacific.
We and the rest of the world had to fight this war,after England,Russia,USA,France were all attacked,besides most of European and Eastern Asian countries

How can you compare WWII to Iraq,which was under sanctions by all countries for over 12 years (as a result of UN Security resolutions imposed on Iraq);
have no airforce,no navy,no modern army.

Item Iraq imported were subjected to approval by the UN.
Even Iraqis had no control over their oil revenues.
It was controlled by an escrew account run by the UN[Oil For Food Program]
We controlled the Iraqi skies for years over Iraq.
Iraq also has nothing to do with 9/11.

So how can you compare this to WWII?

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