More Republican fiscal responsibility — NOT
The cost of war
If we're making so much progress in Iraq, how come the war keeps getting more expensive?
by Tim Grieve, salon.com
In a new report, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says the U.S. military is now spending about $9.7 billion a month on Iraq and Afghanistan -- about $2 billion a month more than in 2005 and about $4 billion a month more than in 2004. As the National Journal's subscription-only Congress Daily reports, the CRS analysts are "a bit mystified" as to why the costs are increasing so dramatically; operating and maintenance costs, higher gas prices, more body armor and training expenses are all factors, but the analysts say they're not enough to explain the size of the increases they're seeing.
What the analysts do understand: By this time next year, the Bush administration will have spent more than $500 billion on Iraq and Afghanistan, the lion's share of it in the former rather than the latter.
(For the whole article, go here.)
If we're making so much progress in Iraq, how come the war keeps getting more expensive?
by Tim Grieve, salon.com
In a new report, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service says the U.S. military is now spending about $9.7 billion a month on Iraq and Afghanistan -- about $2 billion a month more than in 2005 and about $4 billion a month more than in 2004. As the National Journal's subscription-only Congress Daily reports, the CRS analysts are "a bit mystified" as to why the costs are increasing so dramatically; operating and maintenance costs, higher gas prices, more body armor and training expenses are all factors, but the analysts say they're not enough to explain the size of the increases they're seeing.
What the analysts do understand: By this time next year, the Bush administration will have spent more than $500 billion on Iraq and Afghanistan, the lion's share of it in the former rather than the latter.
(For the whole article, go here.)
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