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Tue Dec-01-09 02:17 PM
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It really isn't 30 to 35 thousand it is over 50 thousand more troops to Afghanistan |
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Shortly after Obama became president, 21 thousand troops were sent there. No one should ignore that
Murtha went over to Afghanistan earlier this year on a fact finding mission, and the estimates were at least 10 years
We can't afford healthcare, but we can afford war
What is wrong with this picture?
The other outrage will be that it won't be covered, since the legacy of bush/cheney insured that our press doesn't cover our wars in any depth
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:19 PM
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the obama admin doesnt want to hold the neocons accountable either |
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or show the pictures of torture or stop the mercenaries the neocon agenda is in full swing, still.
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:19 PM
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Because this is the kind of discussion we should be having, not change and betrayal threads.
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:24 PM
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3. I'd still like to know how many of our guys died in Iraq. They never |
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bothered to count the mercenary dead.
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:27 PM
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4. According to Jeremy Scahill there are an equal number of mercenaries. nt |
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:36 PM
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We can't afford healthcare, but we can afford war
This is exactly the point that really angers me.
So much good could have come from that money. And what are we spending it on?
War.
K&R
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:49 PM
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6. Killing instead of healing |
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Tue Dec-01-09 04:23 PM
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9. want to know what it is costing us? |
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For an LTTE last year, I did some calculations.
If the war cost a mere $1T, here is what we are giving up
1. 16,667 teacher per state for 30 years
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2. necessary repairs on 70,000 bridges identified by Am Soc of Civ Eng plus 675,000 teachers for 30 years
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3. 50 new High Schools per state - each staffed with 260 teachers for 30 years
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4. 3,400 new hospitals
This has been an expensive undertaking in terms of what we are losing.
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Tue Dec-01-09 04:29 PM
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11. terms like billions and trillions mean little-to-nothing |
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putting it in terms people can relate to really demonstrates the cost of these wars, imo.
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Tue Dec-01-09 02:50 PM
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7. The press learned they could say whatever they wanted and still keep viewers watching |
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Edited on Tue Dec-01-09 02:53 PM by redqueen
(or keep readers buying papers) during the first gulf war.
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