Bush lost $12 billions in iraq

[LilOlLady]

BUSH LOST $12 BILLIONS IN IRAQ.

The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish | World news | The Guardian

 

[healthmyths]

Yup that is very very disturbing and that should be prosecuted no matter who!

Now how about these other wasteful tax expenditures.. care to comment??
The USA Federal government spent:
- $2.6 million to make sure prostitutes in China drink less on the job.

- $1.44 million in federal funds estimating the size of the population and examining the “social milieu” of male prostitutes in Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City,

- Washington spends $25 billion annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties

- Studying pig poop. The EPA awarded a $141,450 grant under the Clean Air Act to fund a Chinese study on swine manure

- a $1.2 million grant to the United Nations for clean fuel promotion.

- Conferences for government employees. In 2008 & 2009 alone, the Department of Justice spent $121 million to host or participate in 1,832 conferences.

- U.S. government has spent $1.5 million to preserve some artifacts left during the hostile Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island more than four decades go.
While the State Department saved money on security in Libya, it somehow managed to find $5.6 million in 2011 to support “pressing cultural preservation needs” in dozens of foreign countries.
Here are some of the dire projects funded by U.S. tax dollars that perhaps could be better spent on securing U.S. embassies in hostile Arab countries.
- Uncle Sam doled out
$750,000 to restore a 16th-century tomb complex in India,
$700,000 to conserve ruins in Tanzania,
$600,000 for the “temple of the winged lions” in Jordan and
$450,000 for the conservation of a 10th century temple in Cambodia. Those were just the big ticket projects.
Hundreds of thousands more went to smaller causes throughout the world.

I mean do you REALLY think spending $2.6 million IN CHINA studying drinking habits of Chinese prostitutes is essential??

 

[Mr Natural]

Compared to the cost of the Iraq fiasco, twelve billion is a rounding error.

 

[depotoo]

First it was 6.6 billion and it wasn't lost as an audit discovered -
A new Pentagon audit resolves a lingering Iraq-war mystery, concluding that $6.6 billion of U.S.-controlled reconstruction money was transferred to the Central Bank of Iraq, not lost or stolen.

The Coalition Provisional Authority, created by the U.S. to run Iraq after the invasion, controlled more than $20.7 billion during its 14-month life, including $6.6 billion held when it was dissolved on June 28, 2004.

“That money is not missing,” said Inspector General Stuart Bowen in a telephone interview.

A 2010 Bowen audit couldn’t account for the money. Today’s report says “sufficient evidence exists showing almost all” the $6.6 billion was transferred to the central bank.

Iraq War?s ?Missing? $6.6 Billion Is Discovered in Central Bank - Bloomberg

 

[LilOlLady]

The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on reconstruction projects in Afghanistan, much of it on private contractors who do everything from train Afghan security forces to build schools.

U.S. Spending In Afghanistan Often Unaccounted For : NPR

Wars that never should have happened.

 

[LilOlLady]

First it was 6.6 billion and it wasn't lost as an audit discovered -
A new Pentagon audit resolves a lingering Iraq-war mystery, concluding that $6.6 billion of U.S.-controlled reconstruction money was transferred to the Central Bank of Iraq, not lost or stolen.

The Coalition Provisional Authority, created by the U.S. to run Iraq after the invasion, controlled more than $20.7 billion during its 14-month life, including $6.6 billion held when it was dissolved on June 28, 2004.

“That money is not missing,” said Inspector General Stuart Bowen in a telephone interview.

A 2010 Bowen audit couldn’t account for the money. Today’s report says “sufficient evidence exists showing almost all” the $6.6 billion was transferred to the central bank.

Iraq War?s ?Missing? $6.6 Billion Is Discovered in Central Bank - Bloomberg

Any amount spent on the afghnistan and iraq wars was money lost. Not to mention the lives lost.

 

[LilOlLady]

Veterans say Afghanistan, Iraq wars not worth it

(CNN) -- America's veterans are proud of their military service, but in a new report published Wednesday, they expressed ambivalence about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

In a new Pew Research Center report on war and sacrifice, half of post-9/11 veterans said the Afghanistan war has been worth fighting. Only 44% felt that way about Iraq, and one-third said both wars were worth the costs.

Survey: Veterans say Afghanistan, Iraq wars not worth it - CNN.com

 

[Rozman]

Your post was misleading then.
It seemed to me that you were charging Bush with redirecting the money somewhere.

 

[depotoo]

First it was 6.6 billion and it wasn't lost as an audit discovered -
A new Pentagon audit resolves a lingering Iraq-war mystery, concluding that $6.6 billion of U.S.-controlled reconstruction money was transferred to the Central Bank of Iraq, not lost or stolen.

The Coalition Provisional Authority, created by the U.S. to run Iraq after the invasion, controlled more than $20.7 billion during its 14-month life, including $6.6 billion held when it was dissolved on June 28, 2004.

“That money is not missing,” said Inspector General Stuart Bowen in a telephone interview.

A 2010 Bowen audit couldn’t account for the money. Today’s report says “sufficient evidence exists showing almost all” the $6.6 billion was transferred to the central bank.

Iraq War?s ?Missing? $6.6 Billion Is Discovered in Central Bank - Bloomberg

Any amount spent on the afghnistan and iraq wars was money lost. Not to mention the lives lost.

Facts be damned, huh? You are one of those that believes everything you hear rather than research it and are willing to spread that misinformation. Sad you aren't willing to use the mass between your ears.

 

[rdean]

Yup that is very very disturbing and that should be prosecuted no matter who!

Now how about these other wasteful tax expenditures.. care to comment??
The USA Federal government spent:
- $2.6 million to make sure prostitutes in China drink less on the job.

- $1.44 million in federal funds estimating the size of the population and examining the “social milieu” of male prostitutes in Hanoi & Ho Chi Minh City,

- Washington spends $25 billion annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties

- Studying pig poop. The EPA awarded a $141,450 grant under the Clean Air Act to fund a Chinese study on swine manure

- a $1.2 million grant to the United Nations for clean fuel promotion.

- Conferences for government employees. In 2008 & 2009 alone, the Department of Justice spent $121 million to host or participate in 1,832 conferences.

- U.S. government has spent $1.5 million to preserve some artifacts left during the hostile Indian occupation of Alcatraz Island more than four decades go.
While the State Department saved money on security in Libya, it somehow managed to find $5.6 million in 2011 to support “pressing cultural preservation needs” in dozens of foreign countries.
Here are some of the dire projects funded by U.S. tax dollars that perhaps could be better spent on securing U.S. embassies in hostile Arab countries.
- Uncle Sam doled out
$750,000 to restore a 16th-century tomb complex in India,
$700,000 to conserve ruins in Tanzania,
$600,000 for the “temple of the winged lions” in Jordan and
$450,000 for the conservation of a 10th century temple in Cambodia. Those were just the big ticket projects.
Hundreds of thousands more went to smaller causes throughout the world.

I mean do you REALLY think spending $2.6 million IN CHINA studying drinking habits of Chinese prostitutes is essential??

Might be more believable with a few links.

 

[rdean]

Your post was misleading then.
It seemed to me that you were charging Bush with redirecting the money somewhere.

It was here, Bush sent it there. It went away.

Your point?

 

[Katzndogz]

Bush lost 12 billion in Iraq. At least we know where it went. obama pissed 6 trillion away and we have no idea where it went. He just wants more.

 

[AmericanFirst]

First it was 6.6 billion and it wasn't lost as an audit discovered -
A new Pentagon audit resolves a lingering Iraq-war mystery, concluding that $6.6 billion of U.S.-controlled reconstruction money was transferred to the Central Bank of Iraq, not lost or stolen.

The Coalition Provisional Authority, created by the U.S. to run Iraq after the invasion, controlled more than $20.7 billion during its 14-month life, including $6.6 billion held when it was dissolved on June 28, 2004.

“That money is not missing,” said Inspector General Stuart Bowen in a telephone interview.

A 2010 Bowen audit couldn’t account for the money. Today’s report says “sufficient evidence exists showing almost all” the $6.6 billion was transferred to the central bank.

Iraq War?s ?Missing? $6.6 Billion Is Discovered in Central Bank - Bloomberg

Any amount spent on the afghnistan and iraq wars was money lost. Not to mention the lives lost.

You lied in your post and now you are crying. Get over it coo coo nest.

 

[AmericanFirst]

Your post was misleading then.
It seemed to me that you were charging Bush with redirecting the money somewhere.

It was here, Bush sent it there. It went away.

Your point?

Idiot.

 

[rdean]

Bush lost 12 billion in Iraq. At least we know where it went. obama pissed 6 trillion away and we have no idea where it went. He just wants more.

We know where it went:

To pay for two unfunded wars.

Repair out depleted military.

Take care of tens of thousands of American's needlessly maimed in Iraq.

Provide a stimulus package that more than 100 GOP congressmen took credit for after they voted against it.

Trillions in lost revenue through tax cuts for the first time in history while waging two wars.

Bailout of the auto industry that saved American manufacturing.

Bank bailouts, without, would have brought down the world economy. Thanks GOP for deregulating Wall Street.

Every dollar. Every disaster. Every fiasco. Can all be traced back to retarded and ignorant Republican Policies that come from such shitholes as the Heritage Foundation and other loony right wing "think tanks" and "centers of thought".

 

[tjvh]

BUSH LOST $12 BILLIONS IN IRAQ.

The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish | World news | The Guardian

Allow me to punch a hole into your argument... Obama administration approved $40billion in private arms sales to countries including Libya and Egypt | Mail Online

 

[nitroz]

I'd like a few stacks of $100 bills.

 

[rdean]

BUSH LOST $12 BILLIONS IN IRAQ.

The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish | World news | The Guardian

Allow me to punch a hole into your argument... Obama administration approved $40billion in private arms sales to countries including Libya and Egypt | Mail Online

Did you bother to read your link? Right wingers never do.

Check this out:

approved arms sales over the final year of the Bush administration in 2008, when the State Department licensed $34.2billion.

See? Less than 6 billion came from Obama. Then, shortly afterwards, he put a ban on all sales. Who know what was already in the "channel".

Next time READ before you POST. When you don't, it makes you look, well, you know......