> > cHat wrote: > > Link and/or quote? > > Thanks to Erika for the link. But I'm curious, what *was* your > impression, at the time of the sale of the war, of the *cost* of the > war in terms of:
Sorry for taking so long to get back to this thread but there's something that doesn't look right there... first of all I see the points or arguments made by 2004 democratic presidential hopefulls. I see attacks made against Cheney and Bush but no quoptes by the administration stating that we would be out in 18-24 months. > 1.) Overall cost in dollars Fecking expensive. It takes money to wage war. > 2.) Overall cost in troops dedicated to Iraq As many are needed to complete the mission. > 3.) Overall cost in dead? War is not pretty, nice or sane. Giving a number to answer this question would be pointless. When men point guns at each other and pull the triggers, someone's going to get hurt or die. The popint is this - the President NEVER said that this was going to be a short, cheap or bloodless war. We have acheived many of our goals including the regime change of Saddam Hussein, the regime change of the Taliban, the capture of Saddam Hussein and the elimination of several prominent terrorists. Had we been more willing to shed blood the current situation would be MUCH different. Dropping a MOAB on the places where the insurgents congregate would have horrible collateral casualties but it WOULD send a message that fighting is not going to solve anything. Remember, you're talking to someone who thought Iraq should have been turned into so much of a glass parking lot long ago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235632 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
