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Old 11-04-2010, 07:40 PM   #1
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The Factcheck.org website pointed out that the US war in Afghanistan, which involves 100,000 troops, costs about $190m a day.

But that did not stop some Republicans, conservative talkshows and Fox News from seizing on the report and accusing the president of wasting government funds in tough economic times.
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Old 11-04-2010, 07:48 PM   #2
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[QUOTE=JohnnyD;808009]fighting a war is almost exactly the same thing as sight seeing with the family on vacation and just as expensive for some apparently...uh..I mean.. travelling on an important business trip...good thing we have factcheck.org to put everything in perspective...
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fighting a war is almost exactly the same thing as sight seeing with the family on vacation and just as expensive for some apparently...uh..I mean.. travelling on an important business trip...good thing we have factcheck.org to put everything in perspective...
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Old 11-05-2010, 07:53 AM   #4
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Apparently neither you nor scott got the point. Instead of grasping onto a report from India, I'd be curious to see numbers from anyone that can demonstrate how a trip to India can cost more per day than fighting a war. It's completely ridiculous and any reasonable person should be able to see that.

Unfortunately, people grasp onto anything negative they can and all common sense seems to go right out the window.
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Old 11-05-2010, 08:18 AM   #5
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I'd be curious to see numbers from anyone that can demonstrate how a trip to India can cost more per day than fighting a war. It's completely ridiculous and any reasonable person should be able to see that.
Do you know how many coconut trees there are in India???
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