How much of the taxpayers' money are we spending on Iraq per day?

[Rosa Luxemburg]

I really think that voters should be informed of what is actually being wasted. We should not be there any more. Certainly aid can be distributed to the Iraqis who are still needy but having troops there doesn't make sense.

[Exilednight]

1. Don't you remember? We're suppose to get paid back through the oil they are going to sell .........

at least that is what repugs believe.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. I'd like to see some numbers

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

3. Those oil companies are not ours, they are international corporations.

[Exilednight]

4. Yes, I know. And I know that we will never be paid back . But the .........

way it is suppose to work is that all the money we lent to Iraq was suppose to be paid back through the proceeds of the oil that is sold.

[TheKentuckian]

5. Not that it makes any difference. Pax Americana baby!!!

If you play ball the EVERYBODY is American.

[704wipes]

8. yeah except BILLIONS of that is unaccounted for

by the oh so accountable Republicans of the 2004-07 era

[Rosa Luxemburg]

10. did no one make an inventory?

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

6. By the way, some good news they found where the missing 9 billion

dollars went, 9 billion one dollar receipts all signed by the same person.

[Gravel Democrat]

7. http://costofwar.com/

Watch the numbers (if they don't go up, enable scripting)
Extensive documentation noted at site

Here's another reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War

"As of February 2010, around $704 billion has been spent based on estimates of current expenditure rates<1>, which range from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) estimate of $2 billion per week to $12 billion a month, an estimate by economist Joseph Stiglitz.<2>"

Divide 2 billion per week by 7 and you have an estimate (on the low side)

A trillion here, a trillion there...Those who will complain the loudest haven't been born yet

[court jester]

9. k-r

[Rosa Luxemburg]

11. Nice to see that Obama announced today that troops are coming home

[dflprincess]

12. Only to be sent to Afghanistan

the policy of endless war has not changed.