How much is too much to spend on Iraq war. So far..400 Billion spent. we average. 4 IBllion per mont?

Question

How much is too much to spend to destroy and then rebuild a country that never was going to attack us? 1 Trillion dollars? We will certianly top 1 trillion in Iraq in the next few years at the present pace..maybe its 2 Trillion..or is it unlimited..no amount of money is too much to rebuild Iraq in our own image.

Answer 1

Six billion a month, we are borrowing a lot of it from China, not to worry much of it comes back to Halliburton in Houston, also home to the Ennron crooks Bush friends and croneys, all! We, the American public get to pay the loans!
The contracts below were no-bid and made behind closed doors.

by Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg
February 25th, 2005

Supplemental funding this year for military operations in Iraq could add $6 billion to the value of Halliburton Co.'s contract with the U.S. Army, the service said.

Halliburton 's emergency services contract would be worth $16.5 billion, up from $10.5 billion, according to charts released today at the Pentagon outside Washington. The company has been paid $7.2 billion to date.

Congress in July approved a Bush administration request for $25 billion extra in fiscal 2005 and is now weighing a request for $75 billion more. Of that $100 billion, $6 billion could go to Halliburton , the world's second-biggest oilfield services company, according to the Army charts.

Halliburton 's Kellogg, Brown & Root unit supplies everything from housing to daily meals for the 155,000 U.S. troops stationed in Iraq and Kuwait and 18,000 in Afghanistan.

Halliburton , based in Houston, became the sixth-largest U.S. military contractor last year because of its work to help rebuild Iraq and care for U.S. troops.

Halliburton won the so-called Logistics Civil Augmentation Program, or LOGCAP, contract in 2001 to provide combat logistics support worldwide for the U.S. Army.

The bulk of the contract provides for on-demand meals, housing and transportation services in Iraq. Of the $10.5 billion obligated now, only $917 million has been for work in Afghanistan, compared with $9.53 billion for Iraq work, according to the Army.



Cheney's Halliburton Options Up 3,281% Last Year

Answer 2

How much money is spent keeping zionist Israel afloat each year? Let's get to the root of the issue; if we didn't support zionism, we wouldn't have all the turmoil in the middle east and there would be no money going out to fight in Iraq. Something the media is trying to play down is that the Islamic hatred aimed at us is a direct result of our support for the state of Israel.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

Answer 3

Every time I start talking about that mess I start foaming at the mouth. King George: Quitting Iraq would be big mistake.

Well guess what shrub, going in was too. Tra-la-la.

Bush II is on my list as the worst president America ever had. And that includes Hillary (you don't really think it was Bill running the country, did you?)

At this point I am thoroughly disguested with both political parties.

-Dio

Answer 4

That explains the deficit in this country. I guess wars are more important to spend money on than helping people in this country who are homeless, etc... Personally, I don't want one penny of my taxes to pay for a useless war, but do I have a choice? no. I totally agree with you. It's time for a change, vote Bush OUT!!!!

Answer 5

Since Bush has been elected into office the United States is now over 3 trillion dollars in debt thanks to his war on terrorism. I think we've spent more than enough of our hard earned money for it. Don't you?

Answer 6

you cant rebuild a country that doesnt want to be.it's a modern day Vietnam we will eventually give up and leave so it's not money we need to worry about it's the number of people who have to die we should be concerned with

Answer 7

Are you folks aware that for the 1st Gulf War,we had many more allies & Saudia Arabia paid for almost all of it? I see the 2600 victims' deaths in this needless war as just as innocent as the 2800 victims of Osama in the world trade centers.Only difference is they are victims of the boy-george/cheney/rumsfeld regime instead of Osama!

Answer 8

And you know, I thought I spent too much on frivolous things when I wasted money on that trinket in Mexico. I guess I shouldn't feel too bad. At least I'm feeding my own family first before I blow my money elsewhere.

Answer 9

Frankly, I'm against Bush and the war but we're there now and abandoning isn't great either. Unfortunately, we're paying for mistakes that we've made... We shouldn't complain, we're not allowed to. We voted him in.

Answer 10

Since the whole thing was a HUGE mistake, even one cent spent to kill innocent people who had no intent to harm our country was too much.