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July 12, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
CapitolLink: Rep. Watson On The Price Of War
California Democrat Diane Watson debuts at The Huffington Post with an entry on the costs of the Iraqi war. The price in cash: $200 billion so far and as much as $600 billion by 2010, according to the Congressional Research Service.
"I think $200 billion for peace and democracy is worth it if we had something to show for it," Watson wrote. "But we haven't gotten peace and democracy." She said the nation instead has bought animosity from extremist enemies, mistrust from allies, an erosion of U.S. leadership and credibility, and an "endless occupation" of a dysfunctional country plagued by a powerful insurgency. And on top of that, more than 1,700 Americans are dead and more than 13,000 wounded.
"The bottom line," Watson concluded, "is that our Iraq policy has become a festering wound that bleeds away more and more of America's wealth, America's security, America's leadership, and America's young men and women in uniform."
Posted by dglover at July 12, 2005 01:03 PM
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