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ElNono
08-29-2011, 10:59 PM
US 'wasted $30bn on Afghanistan and Iraq' over decade (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14712172)
Stringer_Bell
08-29-2011, 11:41 PM
Great, not nearly as bad as expected.

Now if we could only figure out how Obamabot added over 4 trillion to the national debt in 3 years. It's certainly wasn't continuing those wars, which were Dubya's biggest bluffs.
Stringer_Bell
08-29-2011, 11:42 PM
Great, not nearly as bad as expected.

Now if we could only figure out how Obamabot added over 4 trillion to the national debt in 3 years. It's certainly wasn't continuing those wars, which were Dubya's biggest bluffs.
ElNono
08-30-2011, 12:09 AM
You kidding, right? Weren't we spending $billions/month in those?

The article is on wasted contractor money *only*
greyforest
08-30-2011, 05:49 PM
http://websitebuilding.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/total-us-debt-vs-gdp.png

Obama is just continuing the trend
ElNono
08-30-2011, 05:51 PM
Obama is just continuing the trend

No doubt.
TeyshaBlue
08-30-2011, 06:14 PM
You kidding, right? Weren't we spending $billions/month in those?

The article is on wasted contractor money *only*

Actually, I would've pegged 30b as a little low.:depressed
ducks
08-30-2011, 07:48 PM
we are helping the economy over there by blowing things up
boutons_deux
08-30-2011, 08:26 PM
the entire $3T on Afghan and Iraq totally wasted. Human-Americans will have nothing to show for it, while the MIC war profiteers and MIC's investors are doing extremely well.
coyotes_geek
08-30-2011, 08:29 PM
Actually, I would've pegged 30b as a little low.:depressed

Kinda what I was thinking.
boutons_deux
08-31-2011, 10:08 AM
http://websitebuilding.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/total-us-debt-vs-gdp.png

Obama is just continuing the trend

The trend would have continued under McLiar/pitbull bitch. The trend was started under dubya and the Repugs, has tremendous momentum/carry-forward, quite apart from the current mob of Repugs obstructing all govt solutions, since they swear govt IS THE problem.
greyforest
09-01-2011, 06:10 AM
The trend was started under dubya and the Repugs,

Negative, it was started under Reagan
boutons_deux
09-01-2011, 07:50 AM
This is intentionally distracting bullshit: a wasted $30B is a fake issue. "If we could just stopped that kind of waste, everything would be OK" A bigger issue is the Repugs contracting military affairs to for-profit MIC at many times the cost of the military doing it. dickhead knew lying the US into Iraq to get Saddam for WTC would stuff $10Bs into Halliburton.

The real issue is that Iraq and Afghanistan are wasted $Ts.
DUNCANownsKOBE
09-01-2011, 09:02 AM
http://websitebuilding.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/total-us-debt-vs-gdp.png

Obama is just continuing the trend
:lol what happened since Reagan took office