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Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected         


Author: Jack Linthicum
Date: Dec 26, 2008 14:13

Original cite has jumps to explanations.

Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected
By Mark Thompson / Washington

The news that President Bush's war on terror will soon have cost the
U.S. taxpayer $1 trillion — and counting — is unlikely to spread much
Christmas cheer in these tough economic times. A trio of recent
reports — none by the Bush Administration — suggests that sometime
early in the Obama presidency, spending on the wars started since 9/11
will pass the trillion-dollar mark. Even after adjusting for
inflation, that's four times more than America spent fighting World
War I, and more than 10 times the cost of 1991's Persian Gulf War (90
percent of which was paid for by U.S. allies). The war on terror looks
set to surpass the cost the Korean and Vietnam wars combined, to be
topped only by World War II's price tag of $3.5 trillion.
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Re: Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected         


Author: Raymond O'Hara
Date: Dec 26, 2008 15:15

"Jack Linthicum" earthlink.net> wrote in message
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Original cite has jumps to explanations.

Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected
By Mark Thompson / Washington

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it's not the cost but the lack of any tangible results that is the problem.
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Re: Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected         


Author: Jack Linthicum
Date: Dec 26, 2008 15:40

On Dec 26, 9:15 am, "Raymond O'Hara" hotmail.com>
wrote:
> "Jack Linthicum" earthlink.net> wrote in message
>
> news:f96d6b39-6ec6-432b-9fef-d7bd4cae8bed@z1g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> Original cite has jumps to explanations.
>
> Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
> Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected
> By Mark Thompson / Washington
>
> ============================================================================================
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> it's not the cost but the lack of any tangible results that is the problem.

The only tangible result is the cost.
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Re: Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected         


Author: Arved Sandstrom
Date: Dec 26, 2008 16:38

On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:15:42 -0500, Raymond O'Hara wrote:
> "Jack Linthicum" earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:f96d6b39-6ec6-432b-9fef-d7bd4cae8bed@z1g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
> Original cite has jumps to explanations.
>
> Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
> Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected By Mark
> Thompson / Washington
>
>
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>
> it's not the cost but the lack of any tangible results that is the
> problem.
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Re: Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected         


Author: Jack Linthicum
Date: Dec 26, 2008 16:56

On Dec 26, 10:38 am, Arved Sandstrom hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:15:42 -0500, Raymond O'Hara wrote:
>> "Jack Linthicum" earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>news:f96d6b39-6ec6-432b-9fef-d7bd4cae8bed@z1g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
>
>> Original cite has jumps to explanations.
>
>> Friday, Dec. 26, 2008
>> Bush's $1 Trillion War on Terror: Even Costlier Than Expected By Mark
>> Thompson / Washington
>
> ============================================================================================
>
>
>
>> it's not the cost but the lack of any tangible results that is the
>> problem.
>
> About the only thing it's done is to ensure that our enemies can kill
> Americans (in uniform) there as opposed to killing Americans (mostly ...
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