Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
The invasion and occupation of Iraq has had direct costs to US taxpayers ranging in estimate from $100B to $125B in the first year plus a little bit. Some estimates are higher. Extraneous and stateside costs are much, much more.
During the entire seven years of the UN oil-for-food program, the corruption within which is such a red herring shock to war apologists - even the ones still defending Ahmed Chalabi - it generated only $46B.
Oh, and 0.8% of that amount went to pay for weapons inspections programs.
Posted by: froz gobo at May 27, 2004 09:10 PMInteresting blog, does this site get lots of activity or is it usually slow around here?
Posted by: yaoi at September 25, 2004 12:39 PM