Um, box...did you read that article??
- It's from 2003 (not 4, not 5, 3....)
- re containment: quote "These resource proved insufficient to enforce UN mandates or, evidently, to prevent Saddam Hussein from continued investments in weapons of mass destruction." (I refuse to comment)
- We actually did get weapon inspectors into Iraq.
- That $19 billion assumes a redoubled cost effort. We had results at $10 billion.
- $390 Billion...do you know how much we've ALREADY paid? Forget the arguments that this was war on the cheap and a mere $20-$30 billion was going to go. The last time (2004) I calculated the cost it was well over $200 billion (and rising). Wait a minute...googling. Current cost: [link|http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182|$307 Billon]
