Comments on: Opportunity costs of the Iraq War http://thinkingmeat.net/2008/05/27/opportunity-costs-of-the-iraq-war/ It's meat! And it thinks! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:04:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: billy Joe http://thinkingmeat.net/2008/05/27/opportunity-costs-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-21393 billy Joe Wed, 28 May 2008 02:53:02 +0000 http://thinkingmeat.net/2008/05/27/opportunity-costs-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-21393 but if we spent money on other, non-military projects here in America (for example) it would be so much harder to steal the money. Over in Iraq, a country at war with itself - with us sitting in the middle - it's much easier to steal, or just lose, billions. Don't expect wingnuts to acknowledge this though. They like having their money stolen and will, in fact, defend the very people stealing it. battered wife syndrome, anyone? but if we spent money on other, non-military projects here in America (for example) it would be so much harder to steal the money.

Over in Iraq, a country at war with itself – with us sitting in the middle – it’s much easier to steal, or just lose, billions.

Don’t expect wingnuts to acknowledge this though. They like having their money stolen and will, in fact, defend the very people stealing it. battered wife syndrome, anyone?

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