Comments on: The Mideast Money Drain http://themoderatevoice.com/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:12:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-153204 kritt11 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:39:53 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/pakistan/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/#comment-153204 Of course the true cost of the war was minimized as was the projected length of our involvement and the resistance being put up by the insurgency (no one was allowed to tell the president that one existed for a long time after the initial invasion) This had to be due to the advice they were getting from Henry Kissenger who told Rumsfeld that Vietnam was lost in the war of public opinion. If we had no need to sacrifice and didn't feel a pinch in our pockets, support for the war would remain strong. Of course the true cost of the war was minimized as was the projected length of our involvement and the resistance being put up by the insurgency (no one was allowed to tell the president that one existed for a long time after the initial invasion) This had to be due to the advice they were getting from Henry Kissenger who told Rumsfeld that Vietnam was lost in the war of public opinion. If we had no need to sacrifice and didn't feel a pinch in our pockets, support for the war would remain strong.

]]> By: ChrisWWW http://themoderatevoice.com/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-153203 ChrisWWW Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:19:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/pakistan/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/#comment-153203 It's a smart move to point out what we're giving up when we spend so much of our resources and attention continuing the occupation in Iraq. <br><br>I actually <a href="http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=78">wrote a post yesterday on Why We Worry</a> somewhat related to this topic. While our eyes are zeroed in on the Middle East, we've completely lost sight of the challenges and opportunities involved with a rising China, India, Russia, EU, etc. And for what? Are we getting anything out of Iraq that's going to be worth the blood and money we're putting into it? It's a smart move to point out what we're giving up when we spend so much of our resources and attention continuing the occupation in Iraq.

I actually wrote a post yesterday on Why We Worry somewhat related to this topic. While our eyes are zeroed in on the Middle East, we've completely lost sight of the challenges and opportunities involved with a rising China, India, Russia, EU, etc. And for what? Are we getting anything out of Iraq that's going to be worth the blood and money we're putting into it?

]]> By: GreenDreams http://themoderatevoice.com/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-153202 GreenDreams Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:46:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/pakistan/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/#comment-153202 Would Bush have raced into Iraq knowing it would cost more American lives than the attacks on 9/11 and cost 60 times what he estimated? Yeah, probably. Would Bush have raced into Iraq knowing it would cost more American lives than the attacks on 9/11 and cost 60 times what he estimated? Yeah, probably.

]]> By: kritt11 http://themoderatevoice.com/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-153201 kritt11 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:53:46 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/pakistan/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/#comment-153201 And to think, Larry Lindsay was fired for estimating the war's cost at 500 million! The miscalculations made by the administration on their ME policy have been breathtaking. And to think, Larry Lindsay was fired for estimating the war's cost at 500 million! The miscalculations made by the administration on their ME policy have been breathtaking.

]]> By: Iraq » The Mideast Money Drain http://themoderatevoice.com/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-110839 Iraq » The Mideast Money Drain Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:11:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/pakistan/18100/the-mideast-money-drain/#comment-110839 [...] The Moderate Voice - Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti... wrote an interesting post today on The Mideast Money DrainHere’s a quick excerptThe Mideast Money Drain February 28th, 2008 by ROBERT STEIN With the economy in a nosedive, the Democratic Congress is beginning to turn its anti-war focus on the dollars that are being drained by Bush’s Mideast policies. “In a shift from last year’s failed legislative efforts to force a reduction of troops,” the New York Times reports, “the Democrats’ new approach is…focusing on the financial cost of military operations and on the war’s implications for the nation’s troubled economy.” Thi [...] [...] The Moderate Voice – Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporti… wrote an interesting post today on The Mideast Money DrainHere’s a quick excerptThe Mideast Money Drain February 28th, 2008 by ROBERT STEIN With the economy in a nosedive, the Democratic Congress is beginning to turn its anti-war focus on the dollars that are being drained by Bush’s Mideast policies. “In a shift from last year’s failed legislative efforts to force a reduction of troops,” the New York Times reports, “the Democrats’ new approach is…focusing on the financial cost of military operations and on the war’s implications for the nation’s troubled economy.” Thi [...]

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