So, by Christmas the tab will be above $5,000 per Iraqi!!

More than $.02

Bruce
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Wirt Atmar
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 3:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT: Most un-informed president in History?

In a message dated 5/5/04 1:45:07 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

>  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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