https://freerepublic.com/tag/smeshtigation/ en-us Mon, 16 Jun 2003 05:05:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929674/posts <p>"A short conflict that used fewer missiles, sparked fewer oil field fires and created fewer refugees than anticipated produced a lower-than-expected financial cost for the major combat in Iraq," USA Today reports. The U.S. government puts the cost at "just less than the $62.6 billion Congress approved in March as emergency funding for Operation Iraqi Freedom."</p> WSJ Opinion Journal https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929674/posts#comment Mon, 16 Jun 2003 05:05:16 GMT