Dollars in the Sand

Not counting the human cost for our troops, our allies, or for Iraqis, the administration has asked for a supplemental appropriation for Iraq that amounts to $4.3 billion per week. This does not include the war in Afghanistan, homeland security or anything else in the supplemental such as tsunami relief.

So $614 million per day, $25.6 million per hour, or $460,000 per minute - your choice on units of time - are being poured into the sand in Iraq. Extrapolate that over truly difficult potential adversaries such as Iran or North Korea and it is easy to see why we must realign ourselves with our friends.


After all the sloganeering about freedom and that the Iraqis are better off without Saddam, we need some accounting for this fiasco.