tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24680039.post-72464434670885157452008-03-10T06:55:00.001-05:002008-03-10T06:59:13.631-05:00Got rid of the bad guy so <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080310/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_war_costs">Operation Iraqi Freedom is worth it.</a><br /><br /><blockquote>The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1205146484_0">Nobel Prize-winning economist</span> <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1205146484_1">Joseph E. Stiglitz</span> and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book.<br /><br />Beyond 2008, working with "best-case" and "realistic-moderate" scenarios, they project the <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1205146484_2">Iraq</span> and Afghan wars, including long-term <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(0, 102, 204); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1205146484_3">U.S. military occupations</span> of those countries, will cost the U.S. budget between $1.7 trillion and $2.7 trillion — or more — by 2017.</blockquote>ableredneckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07328671597675157033noreply@blogger.com