Its Only Money Junior
February/05/2006 12:23 AM
Mr.
President,
Your recent request for $70 billion with a "B" to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will make it $120 Billion this year. Most of the new money is going towards Iraq, which has cost an estimated $250 billion since the U.S. invasion in March 2003. Some of the money may even make it to Iraq and out of contractor's Swiss accounts.
The total amount of money spent since 9/11 is nearly $500 Billion, which is getting real close to the total amount of money the U.S. spent during the 13 years of the Vietnam War. You are spending about $4.5 Billion per month or about $100,000 per minute. If this is what we spend after you declare victory I would hate to see how much you would spend on Iraq if we were losing. Oh yea, I forgot we are losing.
You have broken another record with your war junior. Iraq has become the most dangerous place on earth for journalists since the Vietnam War. 63 journalists were killed over 20 years of fighting in Vietnam. 56 journalists have been killed so far in your Iraq War. Iraq is providing many more dead reporters per hour than any other war ever. Some people would say one of your priorities has always been to kill the news.
Sounds like your legacy has been set as the deadliest administration for the press ever. That is something you can brag to your father about.
Listen, as you reduce the number of our troops you know before the November elections, make sure that the remaining soldiers settle into those 4 long-term permanent bases that Rummy said we were not going to have when the war started.
From: comments@whitehouse.gov
Date: February 5, 2006 8:29:12 AM CST
To: guzmatom@mac.com
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House is
unable to respond to every message, and therefore this response
is an autoreply.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.
Your recent request for $70 billion with a "B" to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will make it $120 Billion this year. Most of the new money is going towards Iraq, which has cost an estimated $250 billion since the U.S. invasion in March 2003. Some of the money may even make it to Iraq and out of contractor's Swiss accounts.
The total amount of money spent since 9/11 is nearly $500 Billion, which is getting real close to the total amount of money the U.S. spent during the 13 years of the Vietnam War. You are spending about $4.5 Billion per month or about $100,000 per minute. If this is what we spend after you declare victory I would hate to see how much you would spend on Iraq if we were losing. Oh yea, I forgot we are losing.
You have broken another record with your war junior. Iraq has become the most dangerous place on earth for journalists since the Vietnam War. 63 journalists were killed over 20 years of fighting in Vietnam. 56 journalists have been killed so far in your Iraq War. Iraq is providing many more dead reporters per hour than any other war ever. Some people would say one of your priorities has always been to kill the news.
Sounds like your legacy has been set as the deadliest administration for the press ever. That is something you can brag to your father about.
Listen, as you reduce the number of our troops you know before the November elections, make sure that the remaining soldiers settle into those 4 long-term permanent bases that Rummy said we were not going to have when the war started.
From: comments@whitehouse.gov
Date: February 5, 2006 8:29:12 AM CST
To: guzmatom@mac.com
On behalf of President Bush, thank you for your correspondence.
We appreciate hearing your views and welcome your suggestions.
Due to the large volume of e-mail received, the White House is
unable to respond to every message, and therefore this response
is an autoreply.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.