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to: John Cuccia
from: Robert G Lewis
date: 2005-12-14 11:00:18
subject: Re: Half-a-trillion and counting

From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:27:44 -0600, "Robert G Lewis"
>  wrote:
>
>>
>>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>news:ceh0q11cl1k0asiu80qalhpnjqh0oam8rp{at}4ax.com...
>>> How much did the Bushies tell us the pacification of Iraq would cost?
>>> That's right, it was going to cost the US taxpayer next to nothing; it
>>> would all be paid for by the sale of Iraqi oil.   Liars.
>>>
>>> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/13/politics/main1124216.shtml
>>> AP) The Pentagon is in the early stages of drafting a wartime request
>>> for up to $100 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan, lawmakers say, a
>>> figure that would push spending related to the wars toward a
>>> staggering half-trillion dollars.
>>>
>>> Reps. Bill Young, R-Fla., the chairman of the House appropriations
>>> defense panel, and John Murtha, D-Pa., the senior Democrat on that
>>> subcommittee, say the military has informally told them it wants $80
>>> billion to $100 billion in a war-spending package that the White House
>>> is expected to send Congress next year.
>>
>>Not liars, just very very very bad at math. Have they EVER
been right
>>on
>>any of their numbers ?
>
> I thought about offering the "liars vs incompetents" choice, but
> realized that my answer to that question is "all fo the
above". 

Very good answer 

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