[MNJohnnie]

total Leftwing nonsense. 0 and the Dems spent 6xs what the wars cost in just the last 3 years. If the wars are “partially to blame” the orgy of spending the 0 Democrats have engaged in is WAY MORE to blame.

[MNJohnnie]

I also note the Left Wing clown posse are very very careful not to mention the third war, the one in Libya 0 started, as also being a cost driver.

[whitedog57]

It didn’t help. But entitlement spending forecasts is the killer, combined with wasteful bailouts, stimulus, etc.

Look at this guys charts.

http://confoundedinterest.wordpress.com

Medicaid alone is forecasted to be 239% of current GDP. Medicare is also above 100% of GDP. Along with Social Security, it is a COMBINED 450% of GDP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tea Party had nothing to do with it. Even the CBO has a “crazy Democrat” scenario where we blow up.

[mylife]

We cant sustain the wars under Obama, he has undermined our resolve.

The people wont tolerate the cost with no goal in mind.
It makes me sick that these men fought for a decade to be thrown under the bus,and we as backers are going to be thrown under the bus as well.

No one can deny that the price has been high and that we are going broke.
Still.
I think GWB had a great goal in Iraq to divide the ME with western style freedom.
That goal was all but accomplished and Obama has squandered our investment.
Obama has upped the monetary cost of the wars and he has left our soldier to twist in the wind.
He has undermined the goal and sowed the seeds of doubt about capitalism in America itself, let alone the ME.

When the people see that there is no benefit and that it is draining our coffers, they will scream.

BTW I thought Obama said he was bringing the boys home in July?
The man is a snake.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

And with the tragedy of loosing some of our best soldiers yesterday it doesn't really seem worth it any more to stay over there in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Leaving Iraq aside, the reason we went into Afghanistan was because the Taliban with the support of the Pakistanis had turned that country into a base camp for Al-Qaida, which then proceeded to kill 3000 Americans on 9/11. If we leave Afghanistan, the Taliban will again take over with Pakistani support and the nation will again turn into a base camp for Islamic terrorism.

Withdrawal from Afghanistan at this point is complete surrender. The only real difference between that and our having done nothing after 9/11 is that 1600 American soldiers would now be alive and the US national debt would be somewhat smaller. And we can look forward to more 9/11 style attacks formulated and planned in Afghanistan.

[Cheetahcat]

Try ,Democrat spending as the Reason!

[GOPJ]

No, it's not the war.

It's dems out of control spending to buy the votes of their victim group members that have caused the country to go broke. Period.

Everything leads back to that reality.

[Meet the New Boss]

To measure the true cost of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, one has to calculate the cost had we NOT taken action.

For example, we are taking no action against Iran, saving money in the short term. In the longer term, how much would nuclear explosions in Tel Aviv and New York City and Europe cost us?

[mountainlion]

The Viet Nam war was used as an example of the Guns and Butter principle in my economics class. War does expand the economy and Guns and Butter are both in production and expand the economy. Obama and his clueless team are destructive unless of course they planned the collapse of the economy.

[Mike Darancette]

I’m to the point that I think we should do the following and it has nothing to do with money:

1. Get out of Afghanistan, destroy the poppy fields and put a preditor cap over the country.
2. Get out of Iraq.
3. Get out of Korea.
4. Get out of NATO.