Where the money goes? Iraq war ends with a $4 trillion IOU Veterans' health care costs to rise sharply overthe next 40 years December 15, 2011 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The nine-year-old Iraqwar came to an official end on Thursday, but paying for it will continue fordecades until U.S. taxpayers have shelled out an estimated $4 trillion. Over a 50-year period, that comes to $80 billionannually….. http://articles.marketwatch.com/2011-12-15/general/30778140_1_iraq-war-iraq-and-afghanistan-veterans-budgetary-assessments
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they said when the war started, we would get some of the oil proceds which would go towards paying off the cost of the war iraq has oil
The U.S. military pays full price, for oil, as fuel for vehicles, etc., in Iraq. It should be free, but they don't even get a discount. Some people have said that we should just take 20% of their oil as payment for getting rid of Saddam Hussein.
Jesus Christ you want to be compensated for destroying these people's country? The dude we left in charge is a bigger piece of shit than Saddam..
Not to mention the money we hand out for iraqis to bring munitions and information in. Sometimes its upwards of 35k a time to be spread amonfst 20-40 of em. Not much in comparison but its still ridiuclous how much is being thrown around while we still struggle at home.
Even if it was a huge mistake, to still be paying FULL PRICE to fuel our military vehicles in Iraq is a bit too much, all things considered.
There shouldn't be any military vehicles in Iraq.. Obama ended the war months ago. The news said all the troops came home.
Months ago? That story is from Dec 2011, lol. I had to look at the date of OP's post to make sure this wasn't a necro-thread.
You are not part of the "we" they were talking about. The "we" they meant is the KBR's, Bechtels, and ITT Exelis' of the world.
Got a buddy who's being deployed in January. What his job is helps make sure the troops all get out safe. Still some over there buy still a good year til everyone is out. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Ganja Power
Iraq War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If you look we were the last country to pull out... Sometimes you wish some politician's fathers pulled out. You guys do know, that if GW Bush didn't have a father who was richer than cheesecake he would have dropped out of high school after admitting he couldn't spell his middle initial.