Originally Posted By: olivant


The Congressional Joint Economic Committee published its fndings in November 2007 that estimated the costs of both the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan at $800 billion. There are 1,000 billions in a trillion. Do the math.


Yeah, but consider the profits that Dick Cheney's buddies at Halliburton have been making from the war...even before they were caught stealing from the American taxpayer...with impunity, of course. And it doesn't matter that the only weapon of mass destruction in Iraq is Halliburton.