End bu$h's War, already Mr President!

IT WAS BASED ON LIES, IT IS DESTROYING LIVES AS WELL AS OUR NATION'S REPUTATION. USE THE MONEY SAVED TO CREATE NEW JOBS!



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

Number of major U.S. bases in Iraq - 75 (The Nation/New York Times)

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http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm



Baghdad blasts kill 35, destroy seven buildings
Khalid al-Ansary and Waleed Ibrahim
Reuters US Online Report World News

Apr 06, 2010 08:14 EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Coordinated bombings across Baghdad destroyed seven buildings and killed at least 35 people on Tuesday, Iraqi authorities said, bringing the number slain around the capital in the last five days to more than 100.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2010/04/baghdad_blasts_kill_35_destroy_seven_buildings.php?ref=fpa



Wikileaks: Video Shows 'Murder' Of Iraqis By U.S. Helicopters (VIDEO)
Justin Elliott | April 5, 2010, 5:33PM



The group Wikileaks has released a video that it describes as showing "the indiscriminate slaying" by U.S. troops "of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad," including two Reuters employees.

The graphic and disturbing video, which a senior military official told the AP is authentic, shows 17 minutes of footage taken from the air. In it, US helicopters fire on a group of men after concluding that several of them are holding weapons.

But the men appear to be merely walking down the street, not exhibiting any kind of hostile intent toward the helicopters. At the time, the military said that "There is no question that coalition forces were clearly engaged in combat operations against a hostile force."

Wikileaks says the video was provided by a "number of military whistleblowers."

In the video, after an initial round of firing, one voice is heard saying, "Oh, yeah, look at those dead bastards." Another responds, "Nice."

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http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/wikileaks_releases_iraq_chopper_shooting_footage.php?ref=fpb



END THIS FRICKING WAR!

:rant:

End all US aggressions of conquest abroad!

Sing it, sister!

K & R

Let him.

That is as good a reason as any to get the hell out of that forsaken place.

The continuation of these wars is allowing the terrorists to win by supplying new recruits and bankrupting this country. Didn't they notice what happened to the Russians?