BTW, We Have Already Spent $1.76 Billion Dollars Occupying Iraq And Afghanistan This Week

[unhappycamper]

$320 million dollars a day.

[HopeHoops]

1. Slow week, eh?

[unhappycamper]

3. Not really.

Here's some of the crap I scooped off the military rags today:

(f35) http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/10/05/so-far-f-35b-performing-at-sea-as-advertised/


(mil) http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/10/05/126306/transparency-a-goal-not-yet-reached.html
--> --> http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/10/ap-military-guantanamo-trials-transparency-added-100511/
--> http://www.alternet.org/world/152611/supercommittee_co-chair_patty_murray_accepts_award_from_defense_industry_as_she_mulls_cuts_to_pentagon_budget_/?page=entire
--> http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/10/gannett-veterans-proud-struggling-civilians-100511/
--> http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/10/military-express-scripts-walgreens-complaint-100511w/
--> http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/10/ap-army-corps-of-engineers-lawmakers-want-fraud-probe-100511/
--> http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/10/navy-tell-us-are-your-shoes-falling-apart-100411w/
--> http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/10/ap-navy-seal-smuggling-trial-closing-arguments-100511/
--> http://www.navytimes.com/news/2011/10/navy-seabee-security-unit-cuts-shrinking-necc-100511w/
--> http://marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/10/ap-marine-troubled-lawmaker-demoted-twice-in-corps-100511/
--> http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/10/gannett-time-between-tours-linked-to-mental-health-risk-100611/
--> http://www.stripes.com/news/hertling-hints-that-brigade-could-leave-europe-sooner-1.157006
--> http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/back-home-and-homeless/?ref=world
--> http://www.stripes.com/news/p-3-orions-returning-to-misawa-1.157084
--> http://www.stripes.com/news/new-tankers-allow-japan-to-refuel-u-s-aircraft-1.157083
--> http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/impact-of-10-years-of-war-by-the-numbers-1.157012
--> http://www.military.com/money/content/home-ownership/buying-a-house/lawsuit-banks-cheated-vets-with-fees.html?comp=1198882887570&rank=2
--> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/10/05/secdef-to-nato-we-may-not-always-be-there/?comp=1198882887570&rank=4
--> http://www.military.com/veteran-jobs/content/career-advice/military-transition/soldier-struggling-with-unemployment.html?comp=1198882887570&rank=7
--> http://stage.military.com/news/article/2011/general-calls-poor-post-war-discipline-cancerous.html?comp=1198882887570&rank=8
--> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/10/05/navy-to-forward-deploy-bmd-ships-in-spain/
--> (af $8b year energy costs) http://www.military.com/news/article/air-force-news/afsoc-projects-lead-to-energy-saving-discoveries.html
--> http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/10/05/its-no-longer-our-army-it-hasnt-been-for-years/
--> (dod to open political war for budget) http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=7876990&c=AME&s=TOP
--> (jltv rfi) http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=7875701&c=AME&s=LAN
--> (British Defense Minister Attacks EU Project) http://defensenews.com/story.php?i=7875817&c=EUR&s=TOP
--> (panetta propaganda) http://allafrica.com/stories/201110061064.html

[xchrom]

2. invisible rec. nt

[sarcasmo]

4. Almost 2 Billion a week which equals 100 Billion for a full year.

No money for social programs but plenty for the War Pigs.

[unhappycamper]

5. This number does NOT include our 50+k contractors,

nor the costs of the Afghan Army, nor the 70% of NATO funding we cough up.

[sarcasmo]

6. Exactly, or the millions we give Pakistan

[formercia]

7. 1.76 Trillion $

I know it's hard to wrap one's Brain around that.

[xiamiam]

8. impossible to comprehend the waste and corruption..for what?

[formercia]

10. So the PTB can be sure we can't afford single-payer Health Care for all.

The boys are trying to bankrupt the Government in order to kill social programs.

[gratuitous]

9. Well, I'm sure we've offset those expenditures elsewhere in the budget

You know, like from the budget for the House Majority Leader?

:rofl:

I crack myself up sometimes. There's always plenty of money to spend on war and violence. Taking care of our own citizens? Not so much.

[slipslidingaway]

11. knr nt

[slipslidingaway]

12. nt

[KoKo]

13. But, you understand we must do "austerity" to make the Afghan's FREE for Democracy

to spread to the world's underpriviledged.

[slipslidingaway]

14. "$1.76 Billion Dollars Occupying Iraq And Afghanistan This Week "

we can spend this at home or not.

[BrendaBrick]

15. Cost of Wars Ongoing $ Clock:

http://costofwar.com/en/

(I'm trying to figure out how to post/embed the total clock as my signature, but it's not working).