[ale] [OT] Celebrate - CIA mercenary Osama killed! The "Ten Trillion Dollar Man" is assassinated!

[Jim Kinney]

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com>wrote:

> Uh, you forgot about the 25,000+ Afghan casualties from the GWOT.
> Plus the thousand or so Pakistani casualties.
>
> If you're gonna cite the butchers' bill, make sure it's accurate.
>

And the price tag that's known is off a bit:

According to a March 29, 2011 Congressional Research Service report,
Congress has approved a total of $1.283 trillion for “military operations,
base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans’
health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks.”
Those three operations include Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan;
Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases;
and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

Broken down individually, the government has spent $806 billion for Iraq,
$444 billion for Afghanistan, $29 billion for enhanced security and $6
billion on “unallocated” items. The vast majority of all the money
appropriated has gone to the Department of Defense, and of that money more
and more is being spent on Operation & Maintenance (O&M) funding, which went
from $42 billion in FY2004 to $79 billion in FY2008. Only $67 billion (or 5
percent) went to the State Department or USAID. Only $8 billion (or 1
percent) went to veterans' care, via the Department of Veterans Affairs.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-dead-war-on-terror-costs_n_856390.html


> -- CHS
>
>
> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
> wrote:
> >  +1 for the first part
> >>> I'm ecstatic to say the news is reporting Usama Bin Laden has been
> >>> killed by the USA and his dna verified!
> >>> God Bless the USA!
> >>> =====
> >>
> >
> > -10 for the rest of that cr at p
> >> OSAMA BIN LADEN: $$ THE TEN TRILLION DOLLAR MAN $$
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paul Cartwright
> >
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