Last Update: 1/8/2006 9:32:06 AM
United Press International
A new study by a Nobel Prize-winning economist and a budget expert puts the total cost of the Iraq War at $1 trillion to $2 trillion.
In a paper presented to this week's Allied Social Sciences Association annual meeting in Boston, Linda Bilmes of Harvard and Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz of Columbia University said the final bill is likely to be much higher than the Bush administration estimates.
The study includes the cost of disability payments and health care for the over 16,000 injured military personnel -- one-fifth of whom have serious brain or spinal injuries. Stiglitz and Bilmes also analyzed the costs to the economy, including the economic value of lives lost and higher oil prices.
Shortly before the war, when administration economist Larry Lindsey suggested that the costs might range between $100 and $200 billion, administration spokesmen quickly distanced themselves from those numbers, Stiglitz said. But in retrospect, it appears that Lindsey's numbers represented a gross underestimate of the actual costs.
Originally posted by: BBond
PPS It's time to change the title of this thread.
Originally posted by: palehorse74
I know that truth moreso than you can ever imagine. YOU on the other hand are about as close to that truth sitting behind your PC as you will ever be. Save the images of blood and gore for your marches and rallies. Some of us have seen our own buddies in the same condition, and everytime you "feel sorry" for our enemies, you sh*t on our own who have given all they had for their Country...in other words, for YOU!
I have to give you credit for accepting the reality. Which is more than that insular, semi-delusional, religiously motivated, propaganda spewer that has anointed his stupidity with our childrens blood.Originally posted by: Aimster
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Originally posted by: Skriptures17
Iraq is going just like we planned. Perfect. Just a few hiccups here an dthere, but with r great president leading the way. The golden road is not far off.
Originally posted by: Aimster
Originally posted by: BBond
PPS It's time to change the title of this thread.
Done
Originally posted by: techs
I have to give you credit for accepting the reality. Which is more than that insular, semi-delusional, religiously motivated, propaganda spewer that has anointed his stupidity with our childrens blood.Originally posted by: Aimster
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Damn liberal media, blasting bad news from Iraq 24/7.Originally posted by: BBond
The twelve soldiers who died in that helicopter in Iraq should get the same 24 hour 7 day a week coverage as the miners who died in West Virginia.
But what do you want to bet they don't?
Originally posted by: conjur
"The violence has remained basically the same for the past 2 and half years. "
Do you not realize the enormity of that sentence?
Originally posted by: palehorse74
Originally posted by: conjur
"The violence has remained basically the same for the past 2 and half years. "
Do you not realize the enormity of that sentence?
do YOU realize that it's really not that profound? You would love to make it seem that way though... You would love for the gravity of the situation to be so far beyond repair that all hope is lost for civilization and Bush is to blame! ahhhhHHHHH run for the hills! The end is near!
bah... get a grip, and get a clue conjur. better yet, why dont you CONJUR up some courage and go serve your damn country.
Originally posted by: BBond
BTW, thanks to George W. Bush and his entire administration America just blew past another milestone in Iraq.
2,110
And all for a lie.
Originally posted by: Acanthus
Originally posted by: BBond
BTW, thanks to George W. Bush and his entire administration America just blew past another milestone in Iraq.
2,110
And all for a lie.
Only an idiot counts numbers of human lives as a "milestone"
Again, people die in war, we get it.
It's that permanent game of whack-a-mole our military is playing.Originally posted by: mAdMaLuDaWg
A more accurate statement would be the situation in Baghdad is worsening. Ramadi, Falluja, Kerbala, and Mosul.. previous hotspots of violence.. has seen significant improvements. However, the past weeks news puts those areas back into question
Well, DUH! Good grief! Because they've infiltrated every level of Iraqi government and security! They've been there for months and months!BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers disguised as senior police officers blew themselves up inside a ministry compound on Monday, killing 28 people in an attack that raises further questions about Iraqi government security.
Meanwhile, a French hostage headed home after more than a month in captivity, and Sunni Arab politicians hit out at the U.S. military, accusing them of targeting Muslim clergy and violating a place of worship during a raid in Baghdad.
U.S. officials said they were investigating a helicopter crash on Saturday night in the north of the country. They said it happened in bad weather and confirmed that eight of the 12 killed were military personnel, pushing the U.S. death toll in Iraq over the 2,200 mark.
The two suicide bombers managed to get inside the Interior Ministry compound in east Baghdad, as senior dignitaries, including the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, were at a nearby parade to mark National Police Day.
One was wearing the uniform of an Iraqi police major while the other was dressed as a lieutenant-colonel. Both had high-level security passes which enabled them to get through the main checkpoint to the compound, and would have allowed them to get into the ministry itself.
"We're dying to know how they got hold of these badges to enter the building," one police source told Reuters. "This is a disaster. We can't understand how they managed to get inside without being searched."
Once inside the checkpoint, Interior Ministry guards became suspicious of one of the attackers because of his bulk, and shot at him, detonating his explosive belt. The second bomber then blew himself up, causing more carnage.