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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:30 PM Original message |
Each Tomahawk cruise missile costs 1 MILLION DOLLARS |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. And unions....and Social Security... |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. How much is the value of the lives they are saving? |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. These missiles are no where near exact. |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. So you don't care about the people being slaughtered? |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. so YOU don't care about people being slaughtered? |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:55 PM Response to Reply #13 |
57. You mean the 20,000 U.S. citizens who die each year because of no medical care? |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 05:03 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. +1 |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They aren't civilians. They are rebels in a civil war. It's not the same. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You are repeating Ghaddafi's BS here... |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. yes, your news must be more reliable than our news |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. +1 |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. -1 |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
67. Well it came out of the former CIA director's mouth. I guess he's a turncoat. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. +1 |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. the "rebels" are made up of civilians who were being chased down |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. so, bombs will make it alllll better? |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. ghadaffis forces about to overrun banghaz, were destroyed |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. they are mostly innocent civillians |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
68. WEll if you thought innocents were dying before. Just wait until *we* get involved nt |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #68 |
71. i hope not |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. How much is the value of those they're killing? n/t |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Exactly. We are killing people, after all. nt |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
55. The U.S. not being a country in default also has value. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
70. A very interesting way of looking at it indeed. How many lives could be saved it the million dollars |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
7. My point basically was... |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Oh, just stop it. U.S citizens don't deserve to have THEIR tax dollars spent |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Seriously though, |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Wholeheartedly agree with you. |
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silver10 (492 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. +1 |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, we do have priorities ya know. |
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Runework (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. $ |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. We're always in a perpetual state of war |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
51. Actually |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. This is a multi-nation leader level coup on behalf of the Bilderberg Group and |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. multi national businesses are ALREADY in Libya. |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I know they are in there - but it is a coup to get more of the 'action' - no irrantional middle man |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
40. multi national corporations are already in Libya |
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lob1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Does anyone know what the Arab states are |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Four jets from Qattar so far. |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Cool beans if you're defence contractor |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. ALSO: |
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The Northerner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
22. Deficits don't matter... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
24. Imagine how many hungry people one could have fed...on just one of those. |
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outerSanctum (154 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Republicans and OUR Democrats! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. Geez, Far. They go stale if they sit unused for too long. |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. LOL. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. yup. A direct cause of cavities, halitosis and athlete's |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yep. Their expiration dates were fast approaching. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. and mass graves in foreign countries cost us nothing |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. It is America's only export these days...death amchines |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
35. There's always money for war. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yesterday it was $600,000. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. They cost between $US600,000 and $US1.2 million each depending on the model and load |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. I thought I saw that, too. Must be nice to just round numbers up like that to elaborate & fabricate |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. No one's rounding up numbers to elaborate and fabricate. Some missiles |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. "Each Tomahawk cruise missile costs 1 MILLION DOLLARS" |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
43. $569,000 in 1999. |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. The latest model has a spiffy paint scheme and leather seats n/t |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Maybe it will be $2M tomorrow, as fast as our dollar is crashing. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. there have been upgrades, and price increases |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
42. Already bought and paid for, along with thousands more in arsenals. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. It's all the same taxpayer. n/t |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. Not the same deficit. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. A higher federal deficit means less tax room for state and local government |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
48. Each Tomahawk cruise missile costs about a dozen teachers (and the interest costs ...) |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. Tomahawk missiles were already purchased...... |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. ...and will have to be replaced |
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Shiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. Also, one could argue that not using them would be throwing money away... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
62. How much does one pilot cost? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
69. And you're never using just one anyway |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
63. A-Rod could buy 25 of those,with one years salary. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
64. At least they're made in the USA. |
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BOHICA12 (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
72. States don't but Cruise Missles and Feds don't pay |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-20-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
73. Unit Cost: Approximately $569,000 (FY99 $) |
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