On Jun 7, 2:44*pm, Billy Burpelson wrote:
* 07 Jun 2008 10:32:54 -0700, dave wrote:

The same day as another blue-ribbon investigation revealing we were
lied into war.
Bart Bailey wrote:
Maybe a new administration can lie us out of war, like Nixon did when
he called it a victory and left

Well, I dunno about that; I suspect it won't be that easy. For all that
you can say bad about Bush/Cheney, they did one thing perfectly:

They created the "Perfect Storm" of a 'war' in Iraq.

- Screwed if we stay (more American lives lost,
- continuing ten billion dollar a month drain on
- our already ailing economy).
-
- Screwed if we go (major destabilization of the mid east,
- civil war and maybe worse).
-
- No way out, no exit strategy.
-
- Oooops, sorry, George H.W. already said that years
- ago in his Gulf War I book.
-
- Heck of a job, W...

Iraq We Broke It -&- We Need To Stay and Fix It
-cause- The Alternative Costs To Much [.]

OK Lets Do-the-Math :

1 - The Iraq Peace Keeping {Stabilization} is Costing
the USA 10 Billion Dollars a Month.

2 - The USA is currently spending about 25 Billion Dollars
a Month for Imported Crude Oil.

3 - Leaving Iraq causes it to Destablise in to Civil War
and that results in the Stopage of Oil Production in Iraq
and a Short-fall in World Oil Production.

4 - As a Result of the Iraqie Civil War and Short-Fall in
World Oil Production : Other Nations Increase their Oil
Production But Not Enough to Make Up The Short-Fall.

5a - The Good News the Price of Crude Oil only Increases
50% as a Result of the Iraq Civil War and Short-Fall in
World Oil Production : Monthly Cost of the USA Getting
Out of Iraq Now At Any Cost an Extra 12.5 Billion Dollars
a Month for Imported Crude Oil -versus- 10 Billion for the
Iraq Peace Keeping {Stabilization}.

5b - The Bad News the Price of Crude Oil Increases by
100% as a Result of the Iraq Civil War and Short-Fall in
World Oil Production : Monthly Cost of the USA Getting
Out of Iraq Now At Any Cost ADDs an Extra 25 Billion
Dollars a Month for Imported Crude Oil -versus- 10 Billion
for the Iraq Peace Keeping {Stabilization}.

The Iraq Peace Keeping {Stabilization} Makes Dollars and
Sense as a Cost of Keeping Iraq Oil Pumping and Flowing
into the World Oil Market. ~ RHF