BOSTON (Reuters) - The cost of the Iraq war could top $2 trillion, far above the White House's pre-war projections, when long-term costs such as lifetime health care for thousands of wounded U.S. soldiers are included, a study said on Monday.And, speaking of children, American kids will be paying for this war for a long time. Kids who didn't vote for the criminally incompetent idiot administration. Twice.
Before the invasion, then-White House budget director Mitch Daniels predicted Iraq would be "an affordable endeavor" and rejected an estimate by then-White House economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey of total Iraq war costs at $100 billion to $200 billion as "very, very high."What is wrong with this country? Why are people not storming the gates of Washington?
Well, to start, we don't have a functioning media that wishes to serve as a check on criminal incompetence. Me, I'm a big fan of media institutions that actually question the decision to go to war BEFORE we actually start the f-ing war. I know it's difficult, but it's your f-ing JOB. You may not get invited to all the cocktail parties and you might lose some friends. Find another job if you just want to pal around with the powerful.
And, for my next wish, I'd like to have an opposition political party that does some OPPOSING, especially of an administration that has proven again and again that it can't be trusted.
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