Bullshiat.

The money had to remain "missing", so that undocumented expenditures could continue. Now that we're about to leave, well, suddenly, the "missing" money turns up and we're supposed to believe that it wasn't "missing" at all - and that the remaining discrepancies will be eventually accounted for, once they're done cooking the books?

Bullshiat.

Sweet! We'll be getting the other $993.4 billion back any day now, right?

Oops, looks like I lowballed amount that by quite a wide margin:

Iraq war will cost more than World War II
Iraq war, now winding down with US troop exit by December, has cost more than $800 billion so far. But ongoing medical treatment, replacement vehicles, etc., will push costs to $4 trillion or more. (new window)

Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?

I like B's, personally. But A's are OK, too.

FTA: "The report details the transfer of cash from the U.S. to the Central Bank of Iraq. "


Of course!

I had forgotten that it is standard US policy to give BILLION$ of dollars to our enemies as we launch all-out war against them.

Silly me.

NFA: fusillade762: Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?

Safer? Saddam and Iraq were never a threat to the US.

Rant_Casey's_Rabies_Buffet: fusillade762: Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?

I feel ripped off because I only feel $2.5 trillion safer.



I too feel Morley Safer.

Amos Quito: Rant_Casey's_Rabies_Buffet: fusillade762: Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?

I feel ripped off because I only feel $2.5 trillion safer.

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I too feel Morley Safer.



I feel moore safety.

TFA: New evidence shows most of that money, $6.6 billion, did not go astray....but under the control of the Iraqi government,

same difference

Forgot to fill out Form 27B-stroke-6, that's all.
We'll come back with that straightaway.
Won't happen again!

OccupyIraq


/oh

This is all a distraction from the real issue: ACORN used tax money meant for abortions at planned parenthood to buy 70,000 copies of Obama's memoirs to fuel the OWS protests in order to push the country further into Communism and eventually gay marriage.

Or something.

Amos Quito: FTA: "The report details the transfer of cash from the U.S. to the Central Bank of Iraq. "


Of course!

I had forgotten that it is standard US policy to give BILLION$ of dollars to our enemies as we launch all-out war against them.

Silly me.

To be fair, they were just following the first chapter of Zapp Brannigan's Big Book of War. I hear it puts Sun Tzu to shame.

I remember republicans at the time... 6 billion? PEANUTS!

but $70,000 is an outrage

Personally, I'd feel a lot safer if we went around starting more wars.

The idea that there is any accountability for anything involving this fascist state is simply HILARIOUS.

There are no rules! There is no oversight. There is no real money, no real economy, no real purpose - just a bunch of sociopaths trying to maintain their station on the pyramid. War for money? No problem! Rape the world's resources? Why the hell not?

We're just a bunch of controlled and contaminated collateral, titillating about the next election.

zedster: boob thread?

Might as well... (new window) Maybe NSFW. Maybe not. Depends on your definition.

zedster: boob thread?

Seeing as how I just plunked down the $ for Mrs. Detroitdoesntsuckthatbad's augmentation I'm game for a boob thread.

/small Cs to a big D... Game on biatches

spicorama: I remember republicans at the time... 6 billion? PEANUTS!

but $70,000 is an outrage

Wasn't that amazing? They had so much hubris in 2000 that they thought they could duplicate Clinton's economic record without even paying attention to spending or revenues, or war vs. peace expenses. Some Republicans understand now how easy it is to bring our entire nation down to poverty and international indebtedness by careless spending. Not to mention having no moral credibility. I mean, all Clinton wanted was a friggin BJ from a fat chick and Republicans acted like he was Adolph Hitler because they only were screwing their male pages!

6 billion in cash? WTF?

pudding7: Could I get a 34D?

Yes. Yes you can.

Link (new window)

/not a rickroll

whats the interest on 6.6 Bil for 10 years?

fusillade762: Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?

WWII was cheap in terms of cash, but very, very expensive in terms of human life lost, injury, property destruction and mental trauma. A whole generation of people were killed or maimed, with a generation on each side paying the price as they watched their parents and children deal with the horrors of that conflict.

Operation Drive Around the Desert Asking People Questions and Getting Shot At is worth it at twice the price. By "worth it" I don't actually mean worth it of course, but you get my drift.

Amos Quito: FTA: "The report details the transfer of cash from the U.S. to the Central Bank of Iraq. "


Of course!

I had forgotten that it is standard US policy to give BILLION$ of dollars to our enemies as we launch all-out war against them.

Silly me.

"Much of it was originally assets of Iraq, some was part of the Oil for Food program imposed during the regime of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and some was funneled through the United Nations for relief and reconstruction projects, according to the report"

These assets were already owned by the Iraqi government, but seized or held in escrow, because, well, Saddam and all. Once we recognized a new government as being a representative govt of Iraq, we're obligated to turn it over, for the most part.

In fact, even if they wanna be corrupt douchebags and embezzle it, it's mostly not our responsibility. You can't recognize a govt and they say they're not mature enough to balance their own checkbook so we'll "keep it for you".

Geez, you'd think an Obama-era report saying that a Bush-era scandal was less scandalous than originally thought would be a moment for bi-partisan celebration, or at least a brief thought that the system is at least 1% less screwed up than both sides thought it was.

Guess not.

6.6billion in shrinkwrapped 100 dollar bills.

And the people that did it are stamping their foot about "wasteful government".

Yes, I'm pointing at you, backwoods, inbred, fundamentalist hick GOP losers. Better to light cash money on farking fire than use it to help America.

Traitors.

lohphat: fusillade762: Oops, looks like I lowballed amount that by quite a wide margin:

Iraq war will cost more than World War II
Iraq war, now winding down with US troop exit by December, has cost more than $800 billion so far. But ongoing medical treatment, replacement vehicles, etc., will push costs to $4 trillion or more. (new window)

Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?


This is what happens when you finance a war instead of raising revenues to pay for it. APR is a cold mistress.

Exactly, x 10. How people could re-elect the idiots pushing that war "budget" in 2004 is one of the largest failures of US history. We may not even survive this debt, at least not with anything near our previous standard of living.

detroitdoesntsuckthatbad: zedster: boob thread?

Seeing as how I just plunked down the $ for Mrs. Detroitdoesntsuckthatbad's augmentation I'm game for a boob thread.

/small Cs to a big D... Game on biatches

Congrats on paying for some other guy's play toys.

/remember that when you're filing for divorce.

Manfred J. Hattan: Geez, you'd think an Obama-era report saying that a Bush-era scandal was less scandalous than originally thought would be a moment for bi-partisan celebration, or at least a brief thought that the system is at least 1% less screwed up than both sides thought it was.

Guess not.

I guess it just depends on how naive you are.

mccallcl: fusillade762: Does anyone really feel $4 trillion dollars safer?

WWII was cheap in terms of cash, but very, very expensive in terms of human life lost, injury, property destruction and mental trauma. A whole generation of people were killed or maimed, with a generation on each side paying the price as they watched their parents and children deal with the horrors of that conflict.

Operation Drive Around the Desert Asking People Questions and Getting Shot At is worth it at twice the price. By "worth it" I don't actually mean worth it of course, but you get my drift.

So Hitler and Saddam Hussein were equivalent threats to the world? Good to know.

Gulper Eel: $6 billion goes unaccounted for in a war zone: AN OUTRAGE. PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES FOR THE HITLERBURTON TOADIES

$60 billion a year in Medicare fraud: (crickets)

Well we know that 6 billion came up missing in Iraq...it's a completely provable fact. So if you're going to hang your "$60 billion a year in Medicare fraud" argument out there, you should probably back it up with some facts.

...I know, conjecture is just soooooooooo much easier.

glenlivid: Manfred J. Hattan: Geez, you'd think an Obama-era report saying that a Bush-era scandal was less scandalous than originally thought would be a moment for bi-partisan celebration, or at least a brief thought that the system is at least 1% less screwed up than both sides thought it was.

Guess not.

I guess it just depends on how naive you are.

Well, it's true that people stupid enough to believe that are completely beyond reach.

$6.6 BILLION

zerkalo: $6.6 BILLION

For the record, I may have blushed earning 32K a year as a lowly State Dept. employee from 2003-2004

Fuk bush right in his fake texas ear