Relationship Between Ambassador, Top US Commander In Iraq Deteriorating Rapidly
Old hands say the chill between the two brings to the bad old days of Sanchez vs. Bremer, when those two unfortunates barely would speak to each other as the American position fell apart in early 2004, along with Iraq itself. Ref. Source 9
Wow, this is so sad. When is this madness going to stop? Sometimes when I read constant news like this one I wonder if it would EVER have an end.
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Three Trillion Dollars - The Hidden Cost of War
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In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what's behind the ballooning dollar signs? Ref. Source 2
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank. "
- Barack Obama, October 27, 2007