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jackhp | 12:41 p.m. May 11, 2008
John,
Do you know what supplemental spending is? The current cost of only the EXTRA spending incurred for the Iraq war is over five hundred billion dollars. That's about $100 billion extra every year just for the Occupation of Iraq. Depending on how you calculate the overall military budget, that's a 10-20% increase in military spending . . . just so you know.
Do you know what supplemental spending is? The current cost of only the EXTRA spending incurred for the Iraq war is over five hundred billion dollars. That's about $100 billion extra every year just for the Occupation of Iraq. Depending on how you calculate the overall military budget, that's a 10-20% increase in military spending . . . just so you know.
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Its just another false media report that the war costs $X a day, when in fact, the military in and of itself costs $X a day, whether there is war, or not.