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Hippiekinkster -> RE: Taking the time necessary to be right. (3/19/2011 8:57:34 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
Well, so far the US involvement is limited to missiles fired from ships. The planes are supplied from other nations. And Obama has pledged to not put in ground troops. HE's limiting the US involvement, and using other nations heavily.
Yeah, well, maybe give this post by a kinkster on another site some thought:
"So far this afternoon, the US has fired 112 Cruise missiles at a cost of roughly $569,000 each, not counting cost of shipping, handling, fuel and FedEx surcharges for overnight delivery. So, that's roughly $63.7 million spent so far this afternoon. It would have been cheaper to just hire Libya's air defense guys to shoot down their own planes.
To give some perspective on that number, the shortfall for the Dallas Texas school system next year is estimated at $64 million, which is predicted to lead to 3,000 teachers being laid off. So one afternoon's fireworks in Libya is about the same price as one year of keeping 3,000 teachers employed, along with their car mechanics, grocery clerks, and pizza delivery boys.
There is no money to pay for this. We can't afford it. Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, Progressives, Tea Party folks, Anarcho-Syndicalist Collectivists and "Other" are nearly universally agreed that the United States is deep in debt and going steadily deeper. To suggest that the $63.7 million we just blew up this afternoon is "already paid for" is a tad facetious, at best.
It genuinely astounds me that folks who would try to outlaw bacon if Obama ordered a BLT for lunch are perfectly OK with him plunging us into another expensive, pointless, open-ended war with no clear benefit to the United States, and without Congressional authorization to do so."
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