AMERICAN CONSERVATISM IN 2008 AND BEYOND

Gee, part of the impetus for my decision to become a leftie were the books Brave New World, 1984, On the Beach, Animal Farm and The Hills WEre Liars.

Face it, okie, GW Bush sent in war machines into Iraq when the UN Inspectors were there to look for WMDs, and he chased them out to start his war. We ended up killing hundreds of innocent Iraqis, and increasing the number of al Qaida around the world with this decision.

Let's face it, okie, you have no perspective of history, or even have the memory to remember it correctly.

Here is GWB on social engineering i.e. Home Ownership Program.

Two Republicans standing around blaming problems on the Government, and not on greedy and foolish investors?

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Two Republicans standing around blaming problems on the Government, and not on greedy and foolish investors?

How do you know they are Republicans?

Greed is a subjective judgement. It is used by the left as an effective disparagement to cow those who would ask for analytical truth backed by empirical data which then might discredit leftist or statist programs.

The term 'Greed's general and effective use may very well diminish (as has the racist epithet) through overuse and the desire of increasing numbers of voters who seek objective truths. These truths would allow us all to make better political and financial decisions about the future.

GWB started the Home Ownership in 2002 as shown which was used to economically cover up the disaster of the Gulf War which was sucking $4 billion a month from taxpayers for his personal/family vendetta.

Iraq War Facts, Results & Statistics at July 27, 2010
4,4136US Soldiers Killed, 31,897 Seriously Wounded

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Aug 9 2010
For your quick reading, I've listed key statistics about the Iraq War and occupation, taken primarily from data analyzed by various think tanks, including The Brookings Institution's Iraq Index, and from mainstream media sources. Data is presented as of July 27, 2010, except as indicated.

U.S. SPENDING IN IRAQ

Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $900 billion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through Sept 2010.

U.S. 2009 Monthly Spending in Iraq - $7.3 billion as of Oct 2009

U.S. 2008 Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion

U.S. Spending per Second - $5,000 in 2008 (per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008)

Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)

Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors. Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.

Missing - $1 billion in tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces. (Per CBS News on Dec 6, 2007.)

Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings

Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported - $1.4 billion

Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion

Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or supportable" - $3.2 billion

Greed is a subjective judgement. It is used by the left as an effective disparagement to cow those who would ask for analytical truth backed by empirical data which then might discredit leftist or statist programs.
JM