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Michael Baier <[log in to unmask]>
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Michael Baier <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 May 2004 11:54:33 -0400
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Calculator!!! Whatever happend to the good old brain/fingers or a sheet of
paper???

BTW: Afghanistan is getting much less money then Iraq and the bill is
rising by at least 25 probably 50 if not more billion.

Wish the government would spend a fraction on schools and education.
Kids are being left behind but somebody forgot to tell the president ;-)
Still wondering who all gets to tell him and forgets. Seems like he does
ask the right questions by himself and has to be told everthing.

Hmmmm,
I learned that information isn't being brought to you but that you have to
request them. We call it "Hol- und Bringschuld" ;-)


On Thu, 6 May 2004 10:20:02 -0400, Tim Cummings
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>What can I say? My calculator stops short of 10billion!
>
>But let's not forget the Afghani's, there are 22 million of them that we
>freed as well in that 112billion.  Still $2300 / Iraqi/Afghani is a small
>price to pay for their freedom.
>And this action also led Libya to dump their WMD program.
>Money well spent in my book!
>
>Tim
>
>So, by Christmas the tab will be above $5,000 per Iraqi!!
>More than $.02
>> US Treasury expenditures on military operations and occupation duties in
>> Iraq to date since March 2003: > $112,000,000,000 USD (Other)
>> > Considering we the fact that we purchased the freedom for 26 million
>people,
> > I'd say we got a bargain at $4.30 / Iraqi.
>-10 points on the takehome test. Decimal error. $4307/Iraqi, and rising at
>about $1 billion per week (or the equivalent of sending four rovers to Mars
>every week).
>Wirt Atmar
>
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