US spending 12 Billion a month on Iraq war

[JOHN MATRIX]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_costs

this is for all you schmoes whining about the 'potential costs' of obama's proposals. lets see, 12 billion a month tossed down the toilet on an overseas quagmire, or that much spent on improving america and the lives of actual americans. hell for 12 billion a month we could help reduce gas costs, pay for everyone's college, vastly improve infrastrucure, and gild everyone's toilet with gold.

[Straw Man]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_costs

this is for all you schmoes whining about the 'potential costs' of obama's proposals. lets see, 12 billion a month tossed down the toilet on an overseas quagmire, or that much spent on improving america and the lives of actual americans. hell for 12 billion a month we could help reduce gas costs, pay for everyone's college, vastly improve infrastrucure, and gild everyone's toilet with gold.

I'd settle for copper

[War-Horse]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_costs

this is for all you schmoes whining about the 'potential costs' of obama's proposals. lets see, 12 billion a month tossed down the toilet on an overseas quagmire, or that much spent on improving america and the lives of actual americans. hell for 12 billion a month we could help reduce gas costs, pay for everyone's college, vastly improve infrastrucure, and gild everyone's toilet with gold.

According to HH6, obama has no plan.  However Obama has clearly stated only "Maintenence" troops will be there in Iraq and the money for the War effort will come home.......But Im sure 12 billion a month is nothing to accomplish anything with...


Mccain is the one without a plan, other than a 100 years of more of the same!!  Hahahaha, that was the nail in his coffin..

[headhuntersix]

Which is no plan at all..what the hell are maintenance troops. U can't run missions...SOF won't and can't operate as they do now without air and arty backing them. U have to have a QRF if anything happens to ur air..u have to have convoys supplying the bases..which means troops to guard them...and troops to patrol them...which means more air and arty...what the hell are maintenance troops. 

[calmus]

Which is no plan at all..what the hell are maintenance troops. U can't run missions...SOF won't and can't operate as they do now without air and arty backing them. U have to have a QRF if anything happens to ur air..u have to have convoys supplying the bases..which means troops to guard them...and troops to patrol them...which means more air and arty...what the hell are maintenance troops. 

Well, what we're going to leave there is you and an M5.  happy hunting, headhunter.

[headhuntersix]

Um..no..we're not leaving period. If u ever went over and looked at the bases u'd agree...we're never leaving. We couldn't pull out totally in less then 120 days and that would invloved leaving alot of shit. There aren't enough ships and guys to transport all our crap out of there in less then maybe a year..maybe. Not to mention all the UN and other NGO aid organizations. Then Turkey would invade to set up a DMZ/security zone. Iran would make a try for the oil fields...it would be a mess and we'd have to go back in. I don't want to go back..nobody wants to go back or even be there..but the job has to be done.

[War-Horse]

Well, what we're going to leave there is you and an M5.  happy hunting, headhunter.

LOL.