So far, the math adds up to a half trillion over 10 years or so, including lifetime care for soldiers who are surviving thanks to improved armor. Author just has to account for another 1.5 trillion. Maybe he is projecting into to the year 2100? Or maybe he is bogus.
/sarcasm off
On the other hand, we could just pull a Clinton and promise that Janet Reno will get right on it as a criminal investigation follow-up to 9/11. You see, then further pulling a Clinton, we'd just kick the can down the road a bit, continue our holiday from history, with the media gladly playing along and extolling Clinton as the wunderkid, and hey, we wouldn't have to worry about ANY costs or the massive death and destruction of the west for at least a few more years! Yeah, that'd work.
You joined up to post this ?..It has been posted at least twice before...and you want hits on your site?
At least say what you think
What's the saying - Freedom isn't free ?
Really?! I didn't know it would cost that much... I guess we had better surrender then. Anyone know where I can pick up a bhurka for my wife? (They come in children's sizes right? I have a five year old too.)
And the estimated cost of worldwide Islamofacism?
And not having the war will cost us our FREEDOM!
And…..?
Okay will cost 2,000,000,000,000 dollars (or more) over the next ten years.
What was the cost inflicted on the US in four hours between 0800 and 1200 EST on September 11th, 2001?
What was the cost inflicted on the US economy since then (remember the stock market just returned to its pre-Sept 11th values)?
If those are the effect of a single, non-WMD based, attack what would be the cost of a second, third, and so follow-on attacks over the next ten years (WTC 1994, WTC 2001 proves this statement)?
Nations, just like individuals, have certain “must-pay bills” Failure to pay those bills means the individual, and nation, can no longer exist as it had been living (try not paying a utility bill for a few months to prove this statement).
We, in the United States, are extremely lucky that we can afford to pay multiple large bills. Granted there might be some belt tightening (see the stock market, costs of oil, etc.) but over all the “must pay bills” are being paid by a very small percentage of our population.
So when you next see a person in uniform, regardless of their rank, go up and thank them; because they, like our parents when we were growing up, are the ones paying the most important “must pay bill“ our nation has.
Enough said!
What would doing nothing cost in terms of American lives, the US being blown to bits, etc.? I can't count that high.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553900/posts
Already posted, and zotted, by shuntos.
Welcome back.
What are the savings to apply against the costs if the war in Iraq prevented exactly one additional event like September 11?
This comes from the same people who said we would suffer 200,000 American deaths trying to defeat Saddam's army. More Americans are murdered in California evey year than have been killed in Iraq during the entire war.
Now, I hear that's a no-no here on FreeRepublic...
IBTZ?