Bush: U.S. to Bear Burden of Iraq Costs

White House - AP


By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Monday the United States will still bear the burden of reconstruction costs in wartorn Iraq even as some of its coalition partners withdraw their forces.



"The fundamental question is: is it worth it? And the answer is, Absolutely it's worth it for a free Iraq to emerge'," Bush said, standing alongside visiting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.

Yushchenko is withdrawing Ukraine's troops from Iraq.

Bush said that it doesn't bother him that Yushchenko is pulling his troops out, following a campaign promise that Yushchenko made last year.

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/ap/20050404/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_yushchenko&sid=84439559

but please keep giving tax breaks to your buddies, we're already paying for that too.

http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.16781662

Did the dipshit really think the rest of the world was going to fix what we fucked up?
But then again this asshole has never had to fix any of his fuck ups.

Gee Mr. pResident, I didn't know.

It's funny how Bush doesn't see any problem in giving billions to Halliburton or to his superrich friends but can't find the money that poor and middle class people have put into the U.S. money bin.

promised from the "coalition of the willing"......could be they decided to take care of their OWN country first.

:grr:

But we thought Iraq's oil revenue would pay for it.

This sends an interesting statement.

*snip*

"The president made clear to me in my first conversation with him that he campaigned on the idea of bringing some troops out. He's fulfilling a campaign pledge. I fully understand that," Bush said.

when France and Germany refused to send troops? Is georgie tried of threatening the world?

I'm sure Poland will send money.

Not.

invasion? I was sure I heard that somewhere,lol.

According to them, everything is going great, and then boom, one day they tell you real quickly it isn't going great. It was like the 2 to 12 billion they were going to need to "finish the job" in Iraq, a few days later chimp, straight faced, asked for 87 billion, with the implication that if you didn't support it, you were a traitor.

Bush and his pals bear no burdens whatsoever.

That is why we opposed your illegal assed war!

Instead of our tax dollars...

or maybe it's not that worth it?

and the 1000's more injured for life, you twit. It's easy to say something is worth it, when it's not your own money or your life on the line.

when Bush pushed the UN away, saying that we alone would reap the rewards of a "free Iraq" and that we alone (well, with a tiny coalition) would be able to free the Iraqi people.

I doubt that people whose children and/or spouses were killed or maimed would agree with this chimpean reasoning. It was certainly worth it if you are a Halliburton shareholder, though.

Does this mean he is preparing us also for the pulling out of more so called coalition troops?

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Monday that seeing Iraq through reconstruction to a stable and secure democracy is a worthy cause that the United States will press regardless of whether its coalition partners remain there.

"The fundamental question is: Is it worth it? And the answer is, 'Absolutely, it's worth it for a free Iraq to emerge'," said Bush, standing alongside visiting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, who is pulling his country's 1,650 troops out of the country to fulfill a campaign promise.

"I fully understand that," Bush said. "But he also said he's going to cooperate with the coalition in terms of further withdrawals. And I appreciate that."

Two years after the U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, the coalition has been crumbling. Dozens of countries have pulled out or begun bringing home troops.

Italy's prime minister announced plans last month to start draw down his country's 3,000-strong contingent in Iraq in September. Poland is withdrawing about a third of its 2,400 troops. Last year, Spain's new Socialist government withdrew its 1,300 troops.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050404/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_yushchenko

I posted clips here <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=1703686&mesg_id=1703686>

or you can go directly to it here: EDITORIAL : U.S. intelligence report

forever. Buh and the neocons will simply continue to profit from the war for the rest of their lives.

I wish it were possible for us to march on Washington enmasse and make a citizens' arrest of Bush and all the neocons, try and convict them of fraud, extortion, war crimes, etc. and distribute ALL of their personal wealth as compensation to their victims. Make it so none of them can declare bankruptcy, and strip them of every dime and every possession. At least this would provide some relief for the unprecedented and unwarranted financial burden that these creeps have placed upon the taxpayers of the US for no legitimate reason.

And it would be a constructive lesson for them, to wander about the city streets in the cold rain and experience and understand first hand the misery, despair and hopelessness of what it is like to be homeless and to have nothing and to realize they have no realistic chance of ever having anything, which is exactly what their policies have brought about in the lives of tens or possibly hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq, and the US as well.

He seems to be keeping his chin up on this and all the other messes he has created in his pathetic brief existence.

Let's try a few more that we told you before you decided to murder several thousand people, lock up and torture thousands more, and waste hundreds of billions of dollars.

1. Bush: No WMD in Iraq

2. Bush: No Iraq ties to Al Qaeda

3. Bush: No Iraq ties to 9-11

4. Bush: Iraq War created thousands of terrorists

5. Bush: Iraq War destabilizing Middle East

And on and on and on, just like we told you three years ago, you murderous piece of shit.

revenues will pay for it?
Lying POS

$144.4 billion for the Iraq War: "Iraq Costs At $119.4 Billion -- And Rising," Miami Herald, June 2, 2004. In addition, the Administration signed into law an additional $25 billion for Iraq in the FY05 Defense budget.

$2.5 billion per year to contain Saddam Hussein: "Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz Interview with England Cable News," March 23, 2003. Wolfowitz stated that it cost the United States roughly $30 billion for twelve years to contain Saddam Hussein before the Iraq War.


http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=171438

From the National Priorities Project
<http://costofwar.com/>

Cost of the War in Iraq
$160,697,120,707

Be sure to click the drop down menus at the site. They break down how much that money could have bought, if it had not been spent on this Stupid War.

For example, $160 Billion could have fully funded World Anti-Hunger programs for more than 6 Years.

or

Instead, we could have fully funded world-wide AIDS programs for
16 years.

or

we could have hired
2,784,919 additional public school teachers for one year.

:grouphug:

Mr. Bush......where are those things? You know, those things we were certain Saddam had? After all you went to great lengths to convince US you were certain. Let me think a minute and it'll come to me.Ummm, let's see, you said we had to go to Iraq to look for "lessons of glass destruction."

No that's not it. It was something like that though. Was it "stetsons of grass construction?" No, but it was something similar. It was real, real bad. You said we could be in danger within an hour or so, if Saddam wanted to use whatever it was you said he had. But I'll be God damned if I can recall your telling us we went to there to see a free Iraq emerge.

No it was more about looking for something, if I could only recall what it was. Oh Yeah! It was WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! WHERE IN THE HELL ARE THOSE? YOU ARE SHAMELESS Mr. Bush and I am ashamed to have you representing me to the world! :banghead:

while the MSM doesn't have anything else going on that they can cover. I'm sure infotainment shows will be falling all over themselves to cover this revelation. :eyes:

Jay

No. Absolutely not. What you have put America and the world through, YOU are most definitely not worth it.

when he said "The fundamental question is: is it worth it? And the answer is, Absolutely it's worth it for a free Iraq to emerge'," Bush said, standing alongside visiting Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.

The reasons for going to Iraq changed several times. In the end we had to go because Saddam was a bad man and had killed his own people.

The sheer audacity and duplicity of this man are unbelievable, and I'm willing to believe the worst. I still have trouble wrapping my mind around the fact the he is the "leader" of the United States.

or so dollars, hundreds of thousands of dead or maimed/homeless Iraqis, and tens of thousands of American casualties? Some just don't see the big picture. :sarcasm:

You fricked :grr:

Oh sure. We're on the brink of a financial meltdown; Creditors are prepared to prey upon us; we'll be standing in pre-New Deal "Raw Deal Soup Lines" but Iraq is free!

Oh joy. I'm thrilled. :puke: How about asking some of us Aaa-mur-a-kins? Huh. None of it was worth it to this one.

:banghead: