ITEM--After meeting over room-temperature Brie and chilled Krystal at the Four Seasons, neocons came back to their office IN THE WH, and duped GWB into believing the Iraq strike would cost $50-60 billion American tax dollars.
Later an angry Bush fired advisor Larry Lindsey because Lindsay dared to say the war might cost more like $100 billion.
That was in 2007 dollars.
FAST FORWARD TO TODAY Iraq and Afghanistan today have cost the US some $3 TRILLION and counting....and rivers of young blood. We/re still pouring US tax dollars into those decrepit Mideast countries, and..... as Donald says....the US got NOTHING in return.
BTW, look who controls most of the Iraqi oil fields today.
Could THIS be what the calculating neocons are after (/snix)?
ITEM--The war profiteering was outrageous. Neocon godfather Richard Perle relaxing in Paris (above the fray---nowhere near his cohorts plotting in the WH Office of Special Ops) got so rich w/ insider info, the wsj reported Perle started his own oil company.