pfcem,
I haven’t laughed so hard in weeks. War on oil. I’ll tell you where the Iraqi oil revenue went. To BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil (American, English) etc and probably those generous donations to the Republican party which I’m sure you can find for yourself if you looked. If you knew your history, you would know those companies hold the current oil contracts “negotiated ” by that U.S imposed puppet Iraqi prior to recent elections; just like they did in Iran…You might also realise the entire Middle East knows this. As for the high cost at the pump for Americans… That’s because oil companies like to make money but they are predominantly American ones so its vaild to say America has stolen Iraqi oil.
As regards the low cost of the war on terror, even a high school economics student knows that you don’t compare budget figures to GDP. GPD doesnt go to the government, taxation revenue does (Thats alot less by the way… ).
Comparing military budgets to GDP is the thinking that bankrupted the Soviet Union and is crippling the U.S. It works if you are not already in debt; as such its a foolish barometer to use with the United States. By the way when the U.S government borrows each year to fund that military presence just as it borrows to cover the rest of its budget even a 100 billion saving by not having a war to line Halliburtons, Blackwaters’ , Boeing, and Lockheeds pockets makes a difference to your balance of payments. Grab an economics textbook, high school will do and learn that military strength needs a strong economy to back it up. It called capital goods vs consumer goods. In that chapter you will learn that capital expenditure GROWS an economy, wheras consumption does not. Wars are not capital investments. The war on terror will cost 1 trillion. For what? Don’t tell me Hallibuton (Cheneys old company) hasn’t benefitted from the greatest quasilegal redistribution of gov money in the last 20 years.
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