tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12563769.post113664832287608945..comments2023-11-05T04:40:53.265-08:00Comments on Vonny: Financial Costs of the War - New EstimateMark Vondracekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07968005525366534358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12563769.post-1136738474962314092006-01-08T08:41:00.000-08:002006-01-08T08:41:00.000-08:00"This figure is what has been spent in day to day ..."This figure is what has been spent in day to day operations. But what the administration has not talked about are the long-term costs, which Stiglitz and Bilmes are now considering."<BR/><BR/>I find their argument exceptionally problematic and partisan in the sense of blanking out on context. For example:<BR/><BR/>What are the out-year costs then of, say, WWII ? <BR/><BR/>We're still paying that, have been since 1945, and will be for several more decades. Hell, there are still 30 WWI veterans alive !<BR/><BR/>The war is more expensive than the Bush administration forecasted - and waste has been a good part of it in Iraq - but that is nearly always the case in war. The only exception in American history is the Gulf War where we exacted postwar tribute from Japan and the Gulf states.markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283319657103608208noreply@blogger.com