Erik Reuter wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:04:38PM -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: > > > I think that this war will cost us billions, which we will not recoup, > > just as we didn't in the GW. > > Wrong. The Gulf War cost America relatively little since our allies > reimbursed us for most of the bill. I saw the numbers recently in an > article, which I can dig up if you are interested. >
Wow, I didn't know that. By allies, do you may the other countries that helped do the fighting, or the arab nations like Saudi and Kuwait? > The latest estimate for a new Iraq war is around $100B, and I doubt we > would get reimbursed this time. And that is not counting rebuilding > afterwards. It is a bad time for tax cuts. Agreed. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
