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Author: curmudgeon
Date: Mar 24, 2008 11:59

Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA

4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.
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Author: Omniqueryous
Date: Mar 25, 2008 14:05

On Mar 24, 11:59 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
> Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA
>
> 4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.

So, from such statistics could one conclude that a war on terror,
itself, is a sort of WMD?
(That can also mean, "Waste of Many Dollars" ;-) )
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Author: MichaelNJ
Date: Mar 25, 2008 16:03

On Mar 25, 4:05 pm, Omniqueryous emailaccount.com>
wrote:
> On Mar 24, 11:59 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
>
>> Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA
>
>> 4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.
>
> So, from such statistics could one conclude that a war on terror,
> itself, is a sort of WMD?
> (That can also mean, "Waste of Many Dollars" ;-) )

What would be the price tag you would put on preventing another 9/11?
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Author: Omniqueryous
Date: Mar 25, 2008 17:54

On Mar 26, 4:03 am, Michae...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 25, 4:05 pm, Omniqueryous emailaccount.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Mar 24, 11:59 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
>
>>> Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA
>
>>> 4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.
>
>> So, from such statistics could one conclude that a war on terror,
>> itself, is a sort of WMD?
>> (That can also mean, "Waste of Many Dollars" ;-) )
>
> What would be the price tag you would put on preventing another 9/11?

Much higher for the actual things that actually are preventing U.S.-
aimed terrorism, minus one Iraq war. That might quadruple our
security while saving us millions or more overall.
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Author: Sean
Date: Mar 25, 2008 20:26

gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8595ce35-1d2f-454f-9024-16c4776cb532@c19g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 25, 4:05 pm, Omniqueryous emailaccount.com>
> wrote:
>> On Mar 24, 11:59 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA
>>
>>> 4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.
>>
>> So, from such statistics could one conclude that a war on terror,
>> itself, is a sort of WMD?
>> (That can also mean, "Waste of Many Dollars" ;-) )
>
> What would be the price tag you would put on preventing another 9/11?

$0.00

A dash of competence would have stopped the first one at no extra cost.
Trouble was from the president down was a litany of incompetence.
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Author: Roy Jose Lorr
Date: Mar 26, 2008 05:20

curmudgeon wrote:
> Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA
>
> 4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.

What was the cost of the war agains hitler?
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Author: Roy Jose Lorr
Date: Mar 26, 2008 05:24

Omniqueryous wrote:
> On Mar 24, 11:59 pm, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:
>
>>Believe it or not, but the war on Terror has cost the USA
>>
>>4,000 dead and 30,000 wounded and *3* Trillion Dollars.
>
>
>
> So, from such statistics could one conclude that a war on terror,
> itself, is a sort of WMD?
> (That can also mean, "Waste of Many Dollars" ;-) )

Only the insane might think that protecting a country's life against a
mortal enemy is a waste.
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Author: Roy Jose Lorr
Date: Mar 26, 2008 05:27

Omniqueryous wrote:
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Author: ZerkonX
Date: Mar 26, 2008 07:07

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:25 -0700, MichaelNJ wrote:
> What would be the price tag you would put on preventing another 9/11?

A point here is that another, bigger, 9/11 is the result in 'preventing'
another 9/11.
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Author: MichaelNJ
Date: Mar 26, 2008 07:52

On Mar 26, 9:07 am, ZerkonX X.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:03:25 -0700, MichaelNJ wrote:
>> What would be the price tag you would put on preventing another 9/11?
>
> A point here is that another, bigger, 9/11 is the result in 'preventing'
> another 9/11.

And what is you solution to preventing another 9/11? Capitulation?
Giving them everything they demand? Do you realize they want us
dead? I'm not quite ready to give in to that demand.
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