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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Fri Jun 12, 2015, 12:36 PM Jun 2015

US spending $9M a day in ISIS fight

The Hill

US spending $9M a day in ISIS fight
By Rebecca Shabad

The U.S. has spent more than $2.74 billion or roughly $9.1 million per day in the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Pentagon revealed Thursday.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/244725-pentagon-releases-first-cost-breakdown-for-isis-fight

All that money yet the supposed guardians of gov't spending abrogate responsibility for acknowledging there's such military action. And bitch about Obama overraching. Hypocritical chickenhawks.

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US spending $9M a day in ISIS fight (Original Post) Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

BUT...BUT...THE DEFICIT! NT valerief Jun 2015 #1

Well, we're not getting much for our money, then--still losing cities to ISIS, for chrissakes. TwilightGardener Jun 2015 #2

This is why we can't have nice things. Comrade Grumpy Jun 2015 #3

This! historylovr Jun 2015 #4

Pissing in the wind.....as usual. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2015 #5

valerief

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1. BUT...BUT...THE DEFICIT! NT

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Fri Jun 12, 2015, 12:37 PM

Jun 2015

TwilightGardener

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2. Well, we're not getting much for our money, then--still losing cities to ISIS, for chrissakes.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2015, 12:41 PM

Jun 2015

Obama doesn't want to wade back into Iraq (understandable, but it's his job to deal with this), and the MIC wants to prolong this effort by not really winning, but rather just being there, get increased defense spending by dropping bombs and now building "lily pads" (WTF?) Kind of like the last Iraq War--fart around and waste $$$$.