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[annissamazing]

I forwarded the mislead titled "ADMINISTRATION MISLEADS ON COST OF WAR."

Here it is:
Before the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration told the American people
that it could be fought on the cheap. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz
said "We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own
reconstruction and relatively soon."[1] Budget Director Mitch Daniels said Iraq
will be "an affordable endeavor,"[2] "that will not require sustained aid"[3]
and cost "in the range of $50 billion to $60 billion."[4] Defense Policy Board
Member Richard Perle said, "Iraq is a very wealthy country...They can finance,
largely finance, the reconstruction of their own country."[5] They were all
wrong.

The Washington Post reports "the Bush administration intends to seek about $70
billion in emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan early next
year, pushing total war costs close to $225 billion since the invasion of Iraq
early last year."[6]

Sources:

1. "Dems charge 'bait and switch' on Iraq," UPI, 10/03/03,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3528501&l=65222.
2. Ibid, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3528501&l=65222.
3. "U.S. says oil in Iraq to pay for rebuilding," Washington Post, 3/28/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3528501&l=65223.
4. "Estimated cost of Iraq war reduced," New York Times, 12/31/02,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3528501&l=65224.
5. "Saddam's Ultimate Solution," PBS, 07/11/02,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3528501&l=65225.
6. "Increase in War Funding Sought," Washington Post, 10/26/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=3528501&l=65226.


I got this email back:

"Just for clarity sake, Reconstruction is not the same issue as the war."

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oh, so they say now!

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

In addition to all that, currently te Admin is claiming that the stockpile of weapons was lost before we ever got to Iraq. Funny, there's photos of the material which they were warned about, on a date much later than that...
this is from an email by outraged moderates:
Minneapolis ABC affiliate has footage of explosives in Al Qaqaa recorded after the fall of Baghdad

The Bush campaign has responded to questions about 380 tons of missing Iraqi explosives by claiming that they were removed before the fall of Baghdad, which occurred on April 9, 2003. Now, KSTP-TV, a Minneapolis-St. Paul ABC affiliate, has come forth with video footage that appears to show some of the explosives in question, recorded on April 18th.

KSTP-TV's video clip (3-4 minutes long):
http://kstp.dayport.com/viewer/viewerpage.php?Art_ID=159660/

KSTP-TV's article about the footage:
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S3723.html?cat=1