[Netheron]

And worth every penny!

What price can be put on freedom?

[rdb3]

So we should be at war on the cheap?

[KevinDavis]

Your point?

[Hank Rearden]

How about some spoils of war - say, a couple billion barrels of oil for all our trouble and loss of life?

[small voice in the wilderness]

But the price of beating kerry and all other liberals who decided to show their a**es during uncertain war times: PRICELESS

[ken21]

lbj's war on poverty cost us $5 trillion.

[EagleUSA]

I am a Viet Nam era vet. I remember when the cost of Nam was being reported at TWO BILLION PER DAY (average). And how long did the VN war last, courtesy of Kennedy and Johnson? Is that around 3.6 trillion bucks or thereabouts?
(just to keep Iraq and Afghanistan in perspective). And even more enlightening, is if you figure the cost of WW2 in 2005 dollars!!!??? Astronomical.

[zlala]

How is a price put on freedom?

[TomasUSMC]

The Iraqis have their own oil, they now have their own government, its time they

PAID THEIR OWN BILLS!

Billion dollars a day for a year would take care of their little bill quite well imho.

[West Coast Conservative]

Freedom and democracy are priceless.

[BallyBill]

A long term investment that is already paying HUGE dividends.

[MikeA]

So? Ending the culture of chaos, death and tyranny in the Middle East that feeds the terrorist menace and securing the nation from more assaults on its shores is something you can't put a price tag on in terms of value. If this war begins the spread of democratic and pluralistic governance in the region and salts the soil in which terrorism germinates, then it will have been a bargain at twice the price.

[mdittmar]

WAR COST US?,WAR COST US??.

The complacency of the two party system is what "cost us"!

Countless government officials in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government take their oath to uphold and defend the Constitution with no understanding of the responsibilities that oath entails.

[microgood]

Actually this is one of the few things the Feds do that they are supposed to be doing. DOD used to be I think over 75% of the National Budget, because defense was the main expense. Heck, even the Interstate Highway system was militarily related.

[maestro]

Drugs and oil should pay for it 100X over?

[ASTM36]

Daily oil sales from Iraqi oil wells are at $1 Billion per day. I wonder where this money is going?

[Billthedrill]

Well, which is it? $300 bil for the war or $300 bil for the war AND the reconstruction? The headline says the former, the body of the article the latter.

Let us not forget that we are not there for the good of the Iraqis - that's a nice side-effect that will, in the long run, be of greater benefit to our security than the primary objective of removing Saddam. It will also be more expensive. Bush and his administration have figured that the benefits will justify the expense. I happen to agree. If you don't, elect somebody else.

[Hardastarboard]

OK, where's the headline shouting about the $10 trillion or so that socialism has cost in wasted giveaways to the "poor", and the drag on business and personal incomes caused by excessive taxation and regulation?

[tomkat]

Priceless :

[Paul_Denton]

Worth every cent!