Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Costing US $12B a Month

This video from the USA is the film Iraq for sale; about making a lot of money off Iraq.

“When Bush says we will stay the course in Iraq, he’s really saying that we will stay in Iraq as long as his corporate friends can make money off the place. Robbing our tax dollars”.

From Associated Press:

Report: War Costing US $12B a Month

Iraq, Afghanistan Costing United States About $12 Billion a Month, Congress Agency Says

The boost in troop levels in Iraq has increased the cost of war there and in Afghanistan to $12 billion a month, and the total for Iraq alone is nearing a half-trillion dollars, congressional analysts say.

All told, Congress has appropriated $610 billion in war-related money since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror assaults, roughly the same as the war in Vietnam. Iraq alone has cost $450 billion.

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