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The total cost of the Iraq War for the U.S. is projected to exceed $2.8 trillion by 2050, including direct war spending and long-term veterans' care, with nearly $1.8 trillion spent by 2023, according to the Costs of War Project at Brown University.

This covers military operations, State Dept. costs, Pentagon base budgets, and projected healthcare/disability for veterans, with future interest on war debt adding significantly to the total.

LowIQTrash » 01 Jan 2026, 11:41 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 11:41 am

...make that green and blue...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rWCWCX8K4 ... hlIHN1cmdl

DUBYA claims the surge "worked"   

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/sJlzDiNPacw

Bush's subconscious LEAKS like broken toilet in India   

But...but...muh fiscal conservatism...muh lower spending ...muh DOGE...muh fraud... 

Huey » 01 Jan 2026, 11:53 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 11:53 am

This is the same guy who be,ie Ed the fine people hoax, Russia Russia Trump, Biden was fit as a fiddle, Trump told people to commit violence on Jan 6th in his speech, voted for Harris, all the crap about COVID, its origins, 6 feet separation, etc. 

Do I need to go on?  He is no position to call anyone a rube.

LowIQTrash » 01 Jan 2026, 11:41 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 11:41 am

Oops...make that green and blue...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rWCWCX8K4 ... hlIHN1cmdl

DUBYA claims the surge "worked"   

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/sJlzDiNPacw

Bush's subconscious LEAKS like broken toilet in India   

But...but...muh fiscal conservatism...muh lower spending ...muh DOGE...muh fraud... 

LowIQTrash » 01 Jan 2026, 12:02 pm » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 12:02 pm

Believe it or not I am more likely to agree with you on these particular issues. (I haven't voted in federal elections for over a decade BTW so don't hurl accusations my way)

However, the main topic is Dubya swiping America's credit card "like a teenager" (from the Shrub's own words) and uh...well, let's say that "Eggplant" will be a' gloatin' there...

Blackvegetable » 01 Jan 2026, 12:17 pm » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 12:17 pm

I'd think very hard about the possible consequences of finding oneself in agreement with a slack jawed foxfed rube who couldn't make any case beyond "Is too!" in support of a single cited instance.

But that's just me.

Blackvegetable » 01 Jan 2026, 12:26 pm » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 12:26 pm

Blackvegetable » 01 Jan 2026, 2:18 pm » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 2:18 pm

When asked if Trump was responsible for the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, Smith said "Our view of the evidence was that he caused it and that he exploited it and that it was foreseeable to him."

Jack Smith says 'no historical analog' for Trump's actions around 2020 election, denies political influence - ABC News

https://share.google/HNmhzPkeFCrjrFFLo

Blackvegetable » 01 Jan 2026, 12:17 pm » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 12:17 pm

I'd think very hard about the possible consequences of finding oneself in agreement with a slack jawed foxfed rube who couldn't make any case beyond "Is too!" in support of a single cited instance.

But that's just me.

LowIQTrash » 01 Jan 2026, 2:42 pm » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 2:42 pm

That would straddle me in a quandary of contemplating the possible consequences of agreeing with those unsophisticated enough to fall for the chicanery outlined below...which happens to pollute the "other side"...

https://m.youtube.com/shorts/mK7GzMH94L8

Either way I have my work cut out...

JohnnyYou » 01 Jan 2026, 11:47 am » wrote: ↑

01 Jan 2026, 11:47 am

When the circle jerk goes spherical.. The geometry gets freaking complicated.