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	Remember this? Rummy: "Iraq war will cost less than $50 billion"

adamc

2-3-2006 1:37 PM

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donald rumsfeld, iraq, war, cost, military, lies

adamc says:

What else could we spend $100,000 per minute on?

3 children die every minute from infected water -- I bet $100,000 could save them...
http://www.europaworld.org/week217/three1405.htm

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 <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/2003/t01212003_t019sdstakeoutfox.html"><i>Then:</i></a>
Q - Mr. Secretary, on Iraq, how much money do you think the Department of Defense would need to pay for a war with Iraq?
Rumsfeld - Well, the Office of Management and Budget, has come up come up with a number that's something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.
<i>And now:</i>
The estimated cost to US taxpayers of the Iraq war to date is <a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2002780385_spending03.html">$250 billion and rising, or $100,000 per minute.    Total cost of the Bush doctrine of spreading "democracy" since September 11th -- half a trillion dollars</a>, or nearly the cost of the 13 years of the Vietnam War, adjusted for inflation.  What else could we have done with <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&amp;b=171438">that kind of money</a>?  Also see <a href="http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&amp;Itemid=182">here</a>.
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