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According to the Congressional Research Service, the total cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global war on terror operations after 9/11/2001 all the way through the end of 2011 (MORE than 2 years after Bush left office) was $1.283 trillion. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf
If the government is going to run out of money (as the doomsayer in chief says, repeatedly), let the pain start at the TOP!
first off, when did president Obama ever say it would do that ? Other than when republicans said they would recalibrate the way COLA were made which would infact effect SS checks regardless of the president's pay.
The person who wrote that has no idea what they are talking about.
I enjoy watching RWNJs squirm and turn themselves into pretzels trying to shift the blame for Bush's middle east disasters.
No, I think you like to lie. Why don't YOU take responsibility for the actions of YOUR party?
To blame ONLY the repubs is dishonest.
You also have a reading comprehension problem NO ONE has said Bush does carry responsibility as you claim.
The funniest things many on your side keep whining abort compromise and working together.
Then when BOTH parties and the president DO work together you want absolve the dems of ANY responsibility for the results of that compromise and working together.
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According to the Congressional Research Service, the total cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other global war on terror operations after 9/11/2001 all the way through the end of 2011 (MORE than 2 years after Bush left office) was $1.283 trillion. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL33110.pdf
That study counts bizarre things other than actual spending. Basically, it adds a lot of made-up stuff.
That Reuters article ALSO states that even Obama's White House says: "The White House says the total amount appropriated for war-related activities of the Department of Defense, intelligence and State Department since 2001 is about $1.3 trillion"
So, again, ACTUAL SPENDING:
8+ years for two wars and other war on terror operations: $1.283 trillion
Just 1 year of government spending on means-tested social welfare programs: $1.03 trillion
there is a huge difference between Congressional approval and what Bush did the first 7 years of the war with funding.
Obama agrees with the CRS report. From the Reuters article: "The White House says the total amount appropriated for war-related activities of the Department of Defense, intelligence and State Department since 2001 is about $1.3 trillion"
Even the Washington Post chimed in with this on the costs of the wars in 2008:
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President-elect Barack Obama's administration needs to monitor war spending much more closely than the current White House has, according to a new study that criticizes President Bush's approach to funding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars -- a bill that is projected to approach nearly $1 trillion next year. Even with declining troop numbers in Iraq, the direct price tag of the two wars could grow as high as $1.7 trillion by 2018
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