At 08:45 PM 10/22/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
>First of all; a number of nations did chip in for the cost of the first
>Gulf War. It amounted to less than 100 billion. The Saudis, the Kuwaitis
>and the Japanese were the biggest contributors.
>
>But, let us look at that kind of money over 9 years (assuming it started
>late in '91 and ended when Clinton left office.) That comes to ~11
>billion/year, about 0.1% of the US GDP.
>
>That's in the noise, to first order.
The above is correct.
>Plus, its hard to believe the GHB would let Clinton's budget get the credit
>while his took the hit.
That is just plain ridiculous. The Allies made their contributions when
they made them. President Bush had a window of about three months between
thinking he would have a second term and Clinton taking office, and he
certainly made no such adjustment.
JDG
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