CNN: "Surge" cost balloons when support troops are counted: Could rise to $27 billion

Cost balloons when 'surge' support troops are counted
February 1, 2007

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A report from the Congressional Budget Office says President Bush's plan for a troop increase in Iraq could cost up to $27 billion for a 12-month deployment.

The plan could mean sending thousands of support troops in addition to the 20,000-plus combat troops the Defense Department has set for deployment.

The numbers come in a letter to Rep. John Spratt, chairman of the House Budget Committee, in response to a request from Spratt's office.

"CBO's report concludes that the cost of the president's plan to 'surge' troops will be higher than previously indicated, both in dollar terms and in the burdens it places on our military," Spratt, D-South Carolina, said in a written statement....

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The report estimates that a four-month deployment of the additional troops -- both combat and support -- could cost $9 billion to $13 billion and a 12-month deployment could cost $20 billion to $27 billion.

The White House estimated that the troop increase would cost $5.6 billion....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/iraq.surge/index.html

with up to as many as 48,000 total.

Lies, lies, lies...

And every life and limb!
It's a bargain, when you consider how happy we have made the Iraqi people.