$12 billion per month

[pab]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 1:52pm

"It's not just the troops that are surging. War costs are up for American operations in Iraq -- way up, more than a third higher than last year. In the first half of this fiscal year, the Defense Department's "average monthly obligations for contracts and pay is running about $12 billion per month, well above the $8.7 billion in FY2006," says a new report, obtained by DANGER ROOM, from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service."
War Costs Soar by a Third; Total Could Top $1.4 Trillion

[SeanMartin]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 2:17pm

But remember: the oil revenues pay for it. Right? Dont they? Huh?

[RobbO]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 2:31pm

what is your opinion on this, pab?

[pab]

Posted: 7/6/07 at 2:53pm

There are so many other things that this money could have been used for like proper health care, education etc. A total waste. This bill will come due in the future.