Can any Republicans answer this question without resorting to insults?

Question

It's sad that I have to say that, but it's only coming from experience...anyway what do you think about the fact that we've literally "lost" 9 billion dollars and 190,000 automatic weapons in Iraq? Is this still somehow a good thing because it happened during Bush's war?

"wise one"...you bring up a good point, all of the money spent in Iraq should be considered lost...but that's actually $450 billion. We literally lost the measly $9 billion. And my source is any news organization you search, they will have articles on it because it's reality

Answer 1

To the libs the truth is lies, and lies are the truth.................

Answer 2

Can you not ask a question without resorting to insults? Losing the money and weapons in a combat zone is not very surprising; many of the weapons have been found and what happened was paperwork was messed up. Will they all be found? Probably not some were probably stolen and sold on the black market. The money is actually very little cash-it is paperwork and believe it or not paperwork gets misfiled and lost sometime even outside a combat zone. The money lost here pales on comparison with what was lost in Vietnam-call that Kennedy's War or Johnson's?- The war in Iraq is not Bush's war and that is insulting to the personnel fighting it because they do not fight for a person. I know that on any given day money and equipment is lost in the military and most of it appears later because it is typically a paperwork problem. I do think it would be worse working bilingually between American and Iraqi plus being in a combat zone. An audit figure from one day does not mean that it was all lost. I once lost 2.5 million when a troop under me forgot to process some paperwork-took us two days to find it. Losing 9 billion out of 450 billion is actually pretty good since you are looking at 2% while being shot at and again it is a fluid thing-today the losses could be 20 billion or could be 1 million or even none.

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We have lost NO WHERE NEAR 190,000 automatic weapons in Iraq. This means that 1 in 10 soldiers who have been there in the last 4 years would have to have lost a weapon. The true figure is less than half of what you claim.

Perhaps you should get your facts or at least cite your sources before spewing this crap off.

Answer 4

9 Billion dollars and 190,000 weapons which went to the insurgents, that is only this month, you didn't include the billions that we can't seem to account for that went missing within the first 2 years of the war. I'm just guessing, but I'd say that those billions are in accounts that can't be traced to the owners who are being paid for thier no questions asked support of any and all of Bush's decisions. Money can take an honest, noble man and make him into slime. Big house, lots of jewelry and toys for his family, vacations and other slimeballs patting him on the back as they enter the Country Club that allows only fellow slimeballs who all know how each of them got so privledged and rich and nod to each other with the knowledge that they all have reached their goal on the blood, sweat and tears of the average honest working middle class men and women, who's money is now sitting in their bank accounts, and all they have to do is vote Yes, when Bush tells them to. All Hail the Slime that will help bring down the United States!!! What a country.
Weapons missing, well if the insurgents aren't refreshed with new weapons, they won't be able to keep this war going will they, it's not like the Americans are going to throw down their weapons when the insurgents run out of fire-power and fist fight them, no we have to keep them armed or the war wouldn't be fair.

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I think it is a shame and beyond that a major screw up on the powers that be. I am a Conservative by the majority of standards and an registered Republican. I am very upset that there are 190,000 weapons that know one seems to know what happened to them. There is no excuse, every firearm that is issued to an Iraqi or a member of the armed services should be accounted for!! All this is doing is allowing the insurgents to rearm themselves with better weapons. The people who are placed in the position to account for these things should be court marshaled. There is no excuse for "loosing" such a large amount of weapons. I mean 190,000 weapons is enough to equip a small army. It does cause me much concern. I do like the fact that Bush does what he feels is write and best for our nation. I am all for phone taps and so on. I mean when you think about it the only people who would really be up in arms over such a thing are people who are engaging in illegal activity. Then there are the ones who are cheating on their wives, girlfriends, but I mean come on, does anyone with half a brain thinks the Federal Government really cares about who is sleeping with who?! The fact is we have a lot of radical Muslims in this nation. So I do not mind one bit if they keep an ear open for who is taking to who and why. If it is deemed as a security threat or a possible security threat, then I am all for it. =) I do believe and in the last 20 years have come to know when it comes to Democrats, they are very lax on national security, and seem more than willing to ignore or allow the ones who hate us most into this nation and allow them to roam freely through out it. That does cause me great concern.

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While I do not believe you without a source, I will give you a good reason.

Remember how much money and resources we lost in the after math of Katrina? That was right here in the good ol' U.S. of A.

Now, picture a war zone (I know it's hard for you since you've never BEEN in one) and think about the difference in difficulty when it comes to accountability.

You speak of "Bush's War" and then ask people to answer with out resorting to insults. Well buddy, this isn't "Bush's War." This is OUR WAR. And if you don't/can't/won't see it like that than please give up all of the freedoms that Soldiers like me are fighting to protect for you. Because this isn't "Your War" therefore you are entitled to nothing that these sacrifices yield.

This is also MY WAR.

Quite frankly, I feel that people who sit home and talk trash about a war they haven't served in are speaking from a position that has no REAL knowledge. If you want to know what it's REALLY like over here, sign up, ship out and experience it. Than maybe I'll put some kind of weight on your opinion of this war.

I wasn't saying that as an insult, so if you're offended you should take a good hard look at yourself.

Answer 7

Its not a good thing. Kaserene Pass wasn't a good thing either, but was it worth it? Things often don't go as planned. Bad things happen. Its part of war, there is nothing pretty about it. People didn't want Kaserene to happen either. People didn't expect it, but it happened.

As for the money, nobody in WWII to cost as much as it did, but was it worth it? Thats why they had to take out multible war bonds. More then they planned on.

So nobody is going to say its a good thing because its not.

The reason your going to get insults is because of how you ask the question. Using things like "it happened during Bush's War" shows your bias. You open yourself up to those name callers the same as if I said something about Clinton. When you ask in an insulting way by insinuating that we support that, expect insults.

Answer 8

Why should he have to cite a source? That news has been around for around a month. If you were unaware of that,then you shouldn't be answering political questions.

But if you're still having trouble finding sources see below.

Answer 9

Why do you lump us all jointly? i've got asked and responded hundreds of questions. i do no longer think of you may discover a single one the place i do no longer use Mr. or Ms. in front of their names. Even Mr. Matthews, Mr. Shultz and Ms. Maddow get that understand from me. I particular do no longer constantly getting lumped in with "ALL." i'm out to help. the two by ability of gaining know-how of from others comments, recommendations and recommendations, and to tell, with respectful hassle-free recommendations and comments to share. i do on no account misspell republican, conservative, democrat of liberal just to purpose to annoy or inflame. It takes a small recommendations to win an argument, or to get your element throughout the time of that way. i'm going to shop on with attempting to apply Numbers, Math and information to back up my Ideology and comments. to respond to you question: i don't recognize why a good style of Republicans (and Democrats) refuse to be respectful of the reality that others sense otherwise approximately politics, values and ideology. they have small minds, and are probably very selfish. sense the two facets that 'debate' that way are basically finding out for his or her own superb pastime, relatively than what's the wonderful we can do for ALL. in basic terms my recommendations.

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May I say that you are insulting republicans by accusing us of being ok with this loss! And why do you think it's just republicans that are ok with the war? We have many democrats where I work that support this same war so does your question apply to them also?

Answer 11

I have no idea and neither does anyone else,only opinions. By the way Iraq is not a War!!!