Iraq war into 6th year, same old story...

[rjs246]

8 city blocks?! Jesus christ.

please

cloverfield destroyed all of manhatten

Good point.

[fansince61]

Yesterday there was a huge blast here, it killed a bunch of local nationals.  It was so big it took out 8 city blocks, it was also about 2-3 kilometers from where I am at.  It felt like it was only a few hundred meters away. 

What kinda munitions take out 8 city blocks ...did they string artillery shells together or what?

[SD_Eagle5]

Tomahawk demo
Depending on what they're equipped with a single tomahawk can take out a city block with ease

[Diomedes]

you don't need a tomahawk, American terrorists have known that forever

[Drunkmasterflex]

Yesterday there was a huge blast here, it killed a bunch of local nationals.  It was so big it took out 8 city blocks, it was also about 2-3 kilometers from where I am at.  It felt like it was only a few hundred meters away. 

Could you take some pictures

Probably not any time soon.  That area is pretty unsecure and needless to say the people are pretty pissed in that area.  I have heard that it was any where from 15-20 thousand lbs of explosives.  It was an accidental blast triggered by an IED.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

A big FU to Putin?

[SD_Eagle5]

Finally some proof of WMDs in Iraq

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I can't believe this fell to the 3rd page.


Bush will help Poland beef up

This smells really bad.  We're one Russia/Middle East alliance away from WWIII.

[Diomedes]

$12B per month to wage war in Iraq

I said something about it elsewhere, but it bears repeating here...the U.S. cannot afford this war, even if you evaluate it solely in monetary terms.  Nevermind whether it's moral, ethical, or legal, nevermind whether it can be afforded in terms of world politics or domestic politics. Nevermind how many people die on either side.  Neverminding all that stuff, we can't afford the cost.

It also occurs to me that the mortgage crisis is giving nice cover to an even greater financial problem.  As long as the pro war people keep us focused on those irresponsible borrowers, and the huge trouble they've caused, we aren't talking about the cost of this Iraq bullshtein.

[Cerevant]

Let's put that in perspective:
$12B / month, with 300 million Americans.  $40 million/month PER AMERICAN.

Canada spends ~$5000/year on health care, or ~$400/month.  We could spend 10 times that and not make a drop in the bucket of money being spent on the war.

[Geowhizzer]

Let's put that in perspective:
$12B / month, with 300 million Americans.  $40 million/month PER AMERICAN.

Canada spends ~$5000/year on health care, or ~$400/month.  We could spend 10 times that and not make a drop in the bucket of money being spent on the war.

Ummm... 12,0 00,000,000 / 3 00,000,000 = $40/American/month

[Diomedes]

well of course...but we aren't actually paying for it...we're borrowing for it....it's a disaster

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Debt is the American way.  farg fiscal responsibility!  Bomb some more brown people!  Create some more entitlement programs!  Ignore the bankrupt Social Security problem!

Seriously, if anyone gave a shtein about spending less than we made, you would have voted for Ron Paul.  Clearly, that didn't farging work out, now did it?  Shut your yappers about the dead presidents and go back to bitching about dead people.

[Diomedes]

you're cranky...like, stuck-in-an-airport-with-an-itchy-vadge cranky

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Omg my plane is here!