 elray join:2000-12-16 Santa Monica, CA | Nice try.
Afghanistan and Pakistan aren't part of the Middle-East, and your source isn't exactly credible.
But I'll concede that there is certainly room to argue that the figure could be substantially higher than a trillion, depending on how you choose to do the math - and either way, its a ridiculous appropriation, given the cost:benefit analysis.
We should have had an official "war tax", paid by everyone, since 9/11, which would have tempered some of the enthusiasm for intervention. |