[churchillbuff]

a war that so far has cost nearly $200 billion"""

As a fiscal conservative and low-tax supporter, I find the staggering cost of this war to be appalling. It's going to create real pressure for a tax increase, I fear.

[SubMareener]

As someone who knew Operation Iraqi Freedom when it was just a numbered operation, I am getting a little tired of this "gross lack of planning" crap. There was a lot of excellent planning, and some really impressive original thinking that went into this war.

Now, there is a lot of rapid adaptation to the real world of Islamofacisim going on. This is a new kind of war, and the Islamofacists see Iraq as a "must win". That is why the Baathist Syrians, the Iranian Mullahs, and the Saudi Wahabists are all converging on the "Land of the Two Rivers". This is a good thing. Iraq is about the best place in the world to take these folks on and defeat them.

The alternative, is to let the Islamofacist grow in power, like Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo, until we are fighting a world war where 1300 KIA is just the casualties from a single skirmish.

[kimosabe31]

As a fiscal conservative and low-tax supporter, I find the staggering cost of this war to be appalling. It's going to create real pressure for a tax increase, I fear.

It aint no bargain to be dead!!

[Peach]

You may find the cost of the war in Iraq appalling, but it still hasn't even come close to the Wall Street estimate that 9/11 took over $500 billion out of our national economy.

As to your constant mantra that it's the wrong war at the wrong place, you still can't answer for us why you don't care about the following:

Between the Senate Intelligent and 9/11 Commission Reports, the following was stated:

1. 78 reports from different sources provided information that Hussein's regime was actively training Iraqi intelligence soldiers for terrorist attacks against America and American interests.

2. Iraq provided Al Qaeda with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training and bomb making.

3. Direct meetings between senior Iraqi military officers and top Al Qaeda operatives took place between the early 90'sand 2003.

4. An Iraqi national was present during at least one pre planning 9/11 meeting.

5. Some interesting observations were made about Iraq's involvement in the first WTC bombing in 1993. This is not a surprise to those who have been paying attention.

6. Iraqi knew that 9/11 was coming. This was in their July 21, 2001 state-run newspaper:

Baath party writer Naeem Abd Muhalhal predicted that bin Laden would attack the United States and "he will try to bomb the Pantagon after he destroys the White House." The article said that OBL "will strike America on the arm that is already huring" and that the United States "will curse the memory of Frank Sinatra every time he hears his songs" which is a reference to Sinatra's song NY, NY.

[ohioman]

go to hell traitor scum.