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Iraq War Cost $800 Billion, “What Do We Have To Show For It”?

The answer to that ridiculous questions is; thousands of dead military personal, thousands of maimed and permanently disable soldiers, financial ruin, debt up to our eye balls, a diminished reputation around the world as the USA being bunch of fools and a great of shame for being defeated. I hope I covered everything.

In 2003 when GWB didn’t listen to his most “trusted adviser” that he sent to Iraq to see if there were any weapons of mass destruction being hidden by Saddam and the answer that came back to him was a definite NO; GWB and the president DC would not accept their experts findings. It was already determined by GWB and President Dick Cheney that they were going to war regardless of what the report was.

The two big wigs justification for their invasion was they were going after the terrorists from 911. The fact of the matter is;  fifteen of the attackers were from Saudi Arabia, two from the United Arab Emirates, one from Egypt, and one from Lebanon; none from Iraq.

I said from the inception of the war; we did not have the right to invade another country because of an unproven supposition. GWB listen to DC who was bound and determined to start a war; some believing for monetary reasons.

I always maintained that Iraq would be in worse shape when we pulled out then when we got there. That has already been proven.

Was it just a co-incident that Cheney was the CEO of Halliburton before he quit to run for vice president. If my memory serves me, Cheney walked away with a $ 36,000,000.00 severance package. How nice.

Is it another co-incident that Halliburton was “given” billions of dollars for “no-bid” work in Iraq? I don’t think so.

Now after 10 years the big shots are asking “What Do We Have To Show For It”?

It is all about the money ladies and gents. There is no other way around it.

Any person with half of a brain would think that the DC destroyers would have learned a good lesson in Viet Nam and not to go where they don’t belong.

It should not be the responsibility of the USA to go around the world being the policemen of humanity and peace-makers. We have enough problems on our home turf to be concerned about. 

If in fact; if some of our efforts, lost lives and money made a difference in the political and social structures of these countries than we may be able to say “it was worth the price” but at is not the case.

We still haven’t learned and probably never will. There are a lot of people out there that are making fortunes on these wars. I sure would love to see the paper trail.

“CHARITY IS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN AT HOME”.

I posted this many times before and will continue to do so to demonstrate the ignorance of the leaders of our country. I would relish the fact of anyone in DC justifying these enormous give-aways.

Wikipedia

Top 25 Recipient Countries of U.S. Foreign Aid FY 2011 Reported in $US millions, Obligations

Country U.S. Total Economic and Military Assistance FY 2011, $US millions Economic Assistance FY 2011, US millions Military Assistance FY 2011, US millions Aid received per person recipient FY 2011

How can anyone justify giving all of this aid to foreign countries when the USA is in dire straits. Many of these countries that are getting handouts from the USA are known adversaries of our country. Does this make sense??

The financial door is getting ready to slam shut and our leaders are not concerned. If they were concerned these handouts would be eliminated.

If you really want to get sick go to the virtual USA’s national debt website:
http://www.usdebtclock.org/

The same question is going be posed after Obama leaves office and has completely devastated our economy. “What do we have to show for it”? It will be the same answer; nothing.

When I listened to a TV interview with Cheney and he stated that he had no regrets about decisions he made while in office; that really validated what type of cold and heart-less person he is.