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Mr Obama acknowledged in his 18-minute address that America’s seven-year commitment in Iraq had been at huge cost – in terms of human lives and resources. The war’s bill is currently $US1 trillion.
Sorry, how much was that? Â a trillion… how much is that really. Sounds like a lot to me.
$1 trillion.
You’re joking aren’t you, how could you spend so much money. Â Couldn’t you just stay at home a throw them half a trillion and be done with it?
That’s just staggering.
As expected, Mr Obama praised the valour of America’s military, men and women who had served “at every turn . . . with courage and sacrificeâ€. More than 4400 Americans had given their lives to help “the Iraqi people seek the light of peaceâ€.
“Like all Americans, I am awed by their sacrifice, and by the sacrifices of their families.â€
Of the mission, Mr Obama insisted: “We have sent our young men and women to make enormous sacrifices in Iraq, and spent vast resources abroad at a time of tight budgets at home.
Not a trillion dead, at least not on the US side, but again what a staggering number. Â Not to mention the tens of thousands injured and not to mention the deaths on the other side.
And what’s to be in awe of? Â I know that people have died. Â But they just did their job. Â You sent them to war (well, not you, but the previous you – Bush) and they got killed. Â The didn’t want to get killed, but they did.
This is just ridiculous, why do we have to fight like this?
War is stupid.
A trillion dollars indeed.
Absolutely. A war about oil and influence and arrogance. Approx 100,000 Iraqis dead (is that American-speak for “seeking the light of peace?”). Btw nice to have you back on the job llama…
Thanks Mr Andrew – your warm welcome back reminds me of a gum boot full of warm sago.