Cost of Libya Intervention $600 Million for First Week, Pentagon Says

cali

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Tue Mar-29-11 05:16 AM
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Cost of Libya Intervention $600 Million for First Week, Pentagon Says

March 28, 2011 6:50 PM

One week after an international military coalition intervened in Libya, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon.

U.S. ships and submarines in the Mediterranean have unleashed at least 191 Tomahawk cruise missiles from their arsenals to the tune of $268.8 million, the Pentagon said.

U.S. warplanes have dropped 455 precision guided bombs, costing tens of thousands of dollars each.

A downed Air Force F-15E fighter jet will cost more than $60 million to replace.

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http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2011/03/cost-of-libya-intervention-600-million-for-first-week-pentagon-says.html

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Sherman A1

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Tue Mar-29-11 05:25 AM
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1. Every gun that is made, every warships launched....

or however, the quote from Ike was written.

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Atman

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Tue Mar-29-11 06:13 AM
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2. No prob. That money was already spent. It's different.

Edited on Tue Mar-29-11 07:05 AM by Atman

Blah blah blah. That's what I was told when I questioned the expense a week ago. The paid propagandizers came out in force to slap down any notion of budgets. There is ALWAYS money to kill people in foreign lands. There is NO MONEY for helping our own citizens.

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Vinee

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Tue Mar-29-11 06:18 AM
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3. be realistic, wars don't cost money

not to the people who start them at least.

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somone

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Tue Mar-29-11 06:21 AM
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4. So when are we going to raise taxes on the rich

who benefit from this shit?

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