Misunderestimating the price of Iraq
AntiWar.Com
by Charles Pena
10/03/07
Once upon a time, White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey estimated that the cost of going to war in Iraq might be as much as $200 billion. For daring to voice such an opinion, he was rebuked by Mitch Daniels — then director of the White House budget office — who called Lindsey’s estimate ‘very, very high’ and ‘the upper end of hypothetical.’ Lindsey resigned three months later. In contrast, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld — citing Office of Management and Budget estimates — thought the Iraq war would cost ’something under $50 billion.’ And let’s not forget that former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz believed that Iraqi oil revenues of $50-$100 billion, not U.S. taxpayer dollars, would pay for the occupation and reconstruction...
http://www.antiwar.com/pena/?articleid=11702
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wolfowitz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Pena
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/pena
by Charles Pena
10/03/07
Once upon a time, White House economic adviser Larry Lindsey estimated that the cost of going to war in Iraq might be as much as $200 billion. For daring to voice such an opinion, he was rebuked by Mitch Daniels — then director of the White House budget office — who called Lindsey’s estimate ‘very, very high’ and ‘the upper end of hypothetical.’ Lindsey resigned three months later. In contrast, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld — citing Office of Management and Budget estimates — thought the Iraq war would cost ’something under $50 billion.’ And let’s not forget that former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz believed that Iraqi oil revenues of $50-$100 billion, not U.S. taxpayer dollars, would pay for the occupation and reconstruction...
http://www.antiwar.com/pena/?articleid=11702
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wolfowitz
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Charles+Pena
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=com/pena
rudkla - 3. Okt, 12:24
