Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Accountants For Peace?

I'm not sure whether Georgie Wargie needed the approval of the US congress to start the war in Iraq, but it seems he needs them to approve the war budget:

"Speaking at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Bush said he had asked Congress for $74.7 billion for the first part of the war against Iraq. Most of the money, $62.6 billion, would go toward troops in Iraq and involved with other post-Sept. 11 operations around the world, Bush said. The rest includes funding for humanitarian aid and increased security at home in the United States."

Let me get this straight. It's going to cost over $60 billion dollarsóat least, probably much moreóto cause this war carnage. The humanitarian aid will cost at most $12 billion, although some of that amount is earmarked is for homeland security. So less than $12 billion.

So here's my question: Is there a group called Accountants For Peace? Can someone send them these figures. If values and principles mean nothing these days, maybe peace can be bought by appealing to the bottom line. Because according to Bush's own figures, war costs more than humanitarian aid.


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