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So How Much is This New War Conflict Costing?

Ever wonder how much a Tomahawk missile costs? How about 110 of them? And what effect will those prices have on GOP attemps to trim the budget? Those are the questions that many are asking as American involves itself in yet another international conflict. And the answers aren’t too settling.

Originally, as The Hill reports, Republicans were on a roll this month, steadily trumpeting budget cuts to the tune of more than $285 million a day since the beginning of March. But that could all be for naught as the president thrusts the nation into an open-ended military mission.

Take the cost of the approximately 110 Tomahawk missiles launched on the first day of operation. The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a Washington think tank, estimates the Pentagon likely spent more than $81 million on those, says The Hill. National Journal puts the cost for those missiles higher at between $112 million to $168 million.

National Journal goes on to detail other costs, including some of those associated with the marathon B-2 bombing run we reported on yesterday:

Meanwhile, it generally costs $10,000 per hour, including maintenance and fuel, to operate F-15s and F-16s. Those costs do not include the payloads dropped from the aircraft. The B-2s dropped 45 Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMS, which are 2,000-pound bombs that cost between $30,000 and $40,000 apiece to replace.

On the personnel front, special pay for soldiers involved in the operation will kick in immediately — unlike the munitions costs, which the Pentagon can defer.

Another think tank, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), said in a report released earlier this month that a no-fly zone covering just the northern portion of Libya will cost between $30 million and $100 million per week. It also said there are one-time bills that could cost between $400 million and $800 million.

As a result, one former budget official told The Hill that Congress can expect to see a supplemental spending bill for Libya.

“Yeah, sure it will come,” Gordon Adams, who oversaw defense budgeting at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during the Clinton years, said. “Any opportunity to raise money inside the Department of Defense will be seized.”

He went as far as to say costs for the Libyan no-fly zone “could get to $1 [billion] or $1.5 billion, if it goes on for a year.”

Kenneth Baer, a spokesman for OMB, told National Journal that there are currently no plans to request such supplemental funding. He didn’t rule out, however, such requests in the future.

“The operation in Libya is being funded with existing resources at this point,” he said. “We are not planning to request a supplemental at this time.”

So far, the Pentagon has not released official cost estimates for the new conflict, which will depend on the length and scope of the mission.

“We are working on cost estimates,” Pentagon spokeswoman Cheryl Irwin told The Hill  in a Monday e-mail. For now, department officials are “cash flowing the Libyan operations out of funding available under the [2011] continuing resolution.”

Still, that doesn’t allay the fears of Sen. Richard Luger (R-IN). “Congress has been squabbling for months over a budget to run the federal government for a fiscal year that is almost half over,” he said in a statement.

“We argue over where to cut $100 million here and there from programs many people like,” Lugar said. “So here comes an open-ended military action with no-end game envisioned.”

Comments (104)

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  • psst
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:44am

    “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation,” Obama responded
    http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-president-does-not-have-power-unde

    Oh well, Since in Yemen and Bahrain, the leaders are shooting their own people who are demonstrating will those be waaa4 and waaa 5?
    The Saudis are paying off their citizens to keep them from demonstrating . What will happen if and when their citizenry tells em to take their bribes and shove it up their royal’s?
    Will that be waaa #6? Drop bombs on the House of Saud?
    Course that won’t happen. In fact, US,Brits, and French warplanes would join in to help the Saudis put the kibosh on their people.
    Why? Cause the NWO/OWG massa’s international banking clique would demand it.

    Most Americans have grown weary of phfluqwcdazkpting w/ Moslems and Moslem’s countries.
    Let the Sunnis and the Shia’s fight each others to the death.
    If anyone of them screws w/ US. bomb them back past the stone age. Then let them rebuild back to the stone age. That’s as far as they want to go anyway.
    We are out of “munny”, now we are gonna have to “axe” the Chinee communists for another loan to pay for some more missiles.

    We can develop /increase our own domestic energy productions. If we have to or want to do so bad enough. The pols are in the pockets of too many special interest groups.
    We have too many marxists in Congress.Including the head marxist and poseur in the WH,

    It’s time to tell these Moslem nations ,Goodbye-Ta-ta,Adios,Sayanora,Arivederci,Aurevoir,Das Vidania etc,etc.And See ya later Gator.

    The Arab league asked US to help. So why aren’t they sending their war-planes to help?
    I mean, The Saudis have some of our most advanced jets, Egypt have Americans jets (we gave them plenty)
    Is Syria part of the Arab league? If so, they have Russian jets.
    Tell this damn Arab league to do their own damn house-cleaning.
    US are having a damn hard time trying to clean our own house. The marxists have become so entrenched

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  • NHABE64
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:31am

    Even ONE dollar and ONE American life is too much for this filthy disgusting country.

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  • POIPNE
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:28am

    Just wondering, didn’t we go to war to help out the British and French once or twice before? Past experience shows that these little military get-togethers tend to get out of hand. Oh, and on at least two of the occasions, didn’t we have a Dem in the white house. Just saying…….

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  • CanDan
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:14am

    God Bless our Troops

    But the insanity of it all.
    The way we deal with the ME.
    Last month Gadaffi was Chair of the UN Human Rights Council at the UN
    The lies and double-standards
    The hypocrisy of Arab and Muslim countries like Libya, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, Yemen, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iraq, the Sudan or Jordan having any status with a World Body like the UN, when people are being jailed, tortured and often killed fighting for their human rights in these very countries.
    In both Saudi Arabia and Iran, infedels, women and homosexuals are stripped of their rights as the United Nations grants yet Saudi Arabia has a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and Iran a seat on the UN Commission on the Status of Women
    What are we fighting for?

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 7:27pm

      CANDAN,
      Wanna know what’s really scary? This Administration supports the United Nations wholeheartedly.
      This Administration wants to empower this failed entity.
      This Administration did not give a flying feather about what our Congress thought about engaging in Libya. This Administration only wanted a consensus of agreement from the U.N..
      CHAOS ensues. Welcome to the New World Order.
      You did not hear about the 2 billion dollar oil deal with Brazil? This while people in the Gulf are on welfare because Barry Dunham has issued a moratorium on drilling?
      I hope you called your two Senators and your Congressman today and said,“WTF”?
      If you did not…,please call them tomorrow. Merci.
      Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121.
      If you want to tell Barry Dunham how you feel…, White House Hotline (202) 456-1111.
      People like us must call. We must. We need to tell our reps. that this is about Country…,not Party.
      Please call. Please call often. Merci.
      We can sympathize with each other all we want. That does no good. Call D.C.. Merci!
      It is time for another March on Washington.

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:14am

    The President has stated that replacing Obama is not the intention of this action, stopping the killing of Libyan civilians is the the reason we are doing this. Are we going to start doing this in all of the countries where their government is killing it’s citizens? There certainly are allot of countries we should have been operating in and there are plenty where we could do so now if that is the truth. I am not being sarcastic, I am really curious as to why we are doing this.

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    • chips1
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 6:56pm

      Your first sentence had a mistake ( OBAMA in place of GADHAFI) which makes it a correct statement. Replace OBAMA!!!!

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  • mutslie
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:08am

    ‘ah ….. I’m Australian been here a few months, I‘m no expert on anything ’cept growing old, us Aussies like very much’ Americans ect ect (were similar ‘say ) I‘m getting tired of all this war stuff’, I call them invasions, ‘saveing lowlife Bedouin is not worth the effort, also my tired old brain had a plan for my kids & life in general that is I ‘planned for them to bury me not me to bury them, THNIK………………………………………. (think’) – M

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    • kurwa
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:13am

      stop playing the aussie card to get attention.. mate.

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    • kurwa
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:14am

      bet you were into bashin a few abs back in the day too eh?

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  • MinorityRightsAdvocate
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:03am

    Since when did Obama care about wasting money? He plans to collapse the system, so this fits that agenda in any case. Also I think the problem here was the Obama did not really want to do anything, I actually think he likes Gaddafi, but it was not looking good when Gaddafi starts acting crazy like he is, so after trying to calm him down and failing, at last minute Obama caved to pressure from Hillary Rodham Clinton, who really wanted this action. Now we have an incoherent mission: Stop the murdering madman from his ways, but it is OK to leave him in power? – Lunacy!

    http://minorityrightsadvocate.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/whatever-happened-to-weinbergerpowell-doctrine-that-was-only-get-involved-with-clear-objectives-then-take-decisive-action-to-win-and-then-get-out-what-the-heck-is-the-plan-in-libya/

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:01am

    I see no way to account the potential cost when no one has anything else settled–like the mission itself.

    NATO isn’t leading this war. NATO can’t get its own act together, for crying out loud! Turkey opposes NATO intervention because it looks too much like another Euro war against the Islamic world. Turkey, which considers itself a bridge between the West and Islamic countries, prefers bringing Libya into such a partnership without war.

    Italy, on the other hand, is rethinking use of its bases unless NATO is put in charge.

    Germany, like the Arab Union, opposes ground attacks when the alleged mission is to enforce a no-fly zone and nothing more. Hence, the Germans aren’t sending any assets to the fight.

    France wants political leadership of the whole fracas, and recognizes the Transitional Council (Gadhafi’s opposition) as the legitimate government of Libya. Yet, only nine of the thirty-one council members are known. No one knows who the others are, or their allegiances. That’s what got us here–Britain and France thought the rebels would win so, to save face and protect the flow of oil, went to the UN when Gadhafi fought back.

    Given all that, plus the risk this could settle into a stalemate requiring more direct intervention later on, I can’t picture any possible estimate of cost being in the ballpark.

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  • Ashrak
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:01am

    Long ago, our military decided to train as it would fight. In wartime and peacetime the planes fly. The same is true regarding paying people to operate the process. This means that active engagement doesn’t cost that much more than training, which is why that decision was made.

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 6:22pm

      ASHRAK
      You are a propagandist! You have no inkling of the U.S. Military. You have NO idea of costs.
      Your MILIfreakingTARY is weary ASHRAK!
      Get your learn on or SHUT UP!

      F.Y.I. ASHRAK While the war is being extended into Libya…., weary soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are being given “SENSITIVITY CLASSES” because of the repeal of” Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

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  • dizzyinthedark
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:57am

    I am in total agreement with all here, STOP this nonsense, we have no money, but then I am reminded that this is his plan–Lord Soetoro’s plan that is. Continue spending us into oblivion until we have no more left in the coffers while Brazil continues to drill.

    I don’t care how many photos the LSM puts out there of the worst 1st family ever in front of the statue of Jesus to make them look saintly, let me remind you, flies buzz around this man’s mouth. He lies, he has two names, he surrounds himself with questionable characters, and his wife has never been proud of America except when her so-called husband made it to the presidency.

    He needs to go!

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  • beenaroundyaknow
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:54am

    I have one simple question. Where are all the Democrats calling Obama a war monger and war criminal, like they did with Bush? John Kerry is the biggest hypocrite of all.

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  • James
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:52am

    I am a staunch conservative to the right and have stated over and over again on this site that only Congress can Declare War, THAT IS THE LAW. As this situation drags out, we will see why that is so important. This action was taken in violation of the US Constitution. US Presidents are not Kings, Monarchs or Messiahs, rather their authorities are determined by the US Constitution.
    If they truly wanted Quaddafi, they’ve had 40 years or so to get him, most recently when he was in New York and spoke at the UN. American companies have substantial investments in Libya, plus the oil thing, again. However, given all of that, if the US Constitution had been followed, with Congress through debate and vote, for or against, then the will of the American People would have been done. Rather, what has occurred here is an executive action taken outside of the will of the American People. Folks, if these politicians would just simply find the courage to follow the US Constitution, they cannot go wrong. The US Constitution is our law.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:07am

      @James

      Precisely! Well said, we’re on the same team friend.

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    • kurwa
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:09am

      i didin’t hear you whining when bush was in power.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:15am

      @Kurwa

      If you were addressing me, then you clearly were not listening to me when Dubya was in power. I was at anti-war demonstrations from day one. A free and just nation does NOT initiate war and act as an aggressor nation. That is anti-American to the core.

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    • kurwa
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:23am

      GhostOfJefferson
      You are correct, however empires such as america need to maintain and acquire resources to sustain their well being

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:32am

      That’s the playbook of the left, however, we have plenty of resources right here. We idiotically stop ourselves from using our own resources. Centuries worth of oil on our own property. Solution, drill local, withdraw from ME politics entirely and let them crash and burn on their own. We can even sell them weapons and make a buck off of it, no problems with that, but otherwise leave them to their own devices. Once they are not financed by oil money they become what they’ve always been prior to the 20th century, a group of nations comprised of nomads with no real international impact. PLUS, we’d be self sufficient, could return to a true free market, stop military adventurism and reduce taxes dramatically. Win win.

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    • kurwa
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:50am

      @GhostOfJefferson
      You are correct once again, but the reason america is buying oil from the middle east is to primarly maintain the value of the dollar. Sure we could use our own oil but then the saudi’s etc would sell their oil to someone else,buyig that countries bonds in that countries Currency. Also they would buy weapons etc off the country which bought oil from them. Americas involvment in the middle east is due to the need to maintain our economic superiority.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:59am

      Solution: Return to a gold/silver standard as is REQUIRED by the Constitution. Fiat paper currency fluctuations become meaningless. Inflation becomes almost negligible (you can’t just print more gold and silver). China could become the main client state of the ME and it wouldn’t mean a thing to us, as long as we remained vigilant.

      Honestly the best course was set 200 years ago. The more we diverge from that vision (from a liberty standpoint) the more we become trapped in these kinds of conundrums, and the more rationalizations we offer to excuse the divergence.

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    • kurwa
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 10:29am

      Indeed, and the patterns of buying suggests that there is a race by nation states to buy as much gold and silver for when the fiat era is over. Howeve that transition will be painfull, especially for the united states which pioneered the floating currency system at the bretton woods. If an economic collapse happens it will be due to the banking and big business classes. See this is what annoys me about Beck, he (prob) knows this but chooses to blame the strawman; unions and the left,

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    • James
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:42pm

      The War Powers Act (War Powers Resolution passed by Congress-1973) does not amend the US Constitution and by many is considered to be unsettled law. This acts places very limited qualifiers on the President. Any fair reading of the Act will conclude taking this action in Libya is in fact unconstitional because it was not debated and voted on up or down in Congress. How did this administration determine there would be slaughter and massacre in Benghazi, if the US did not act, only Qadaffi’s statement that he would, but how do we know that. Some in Congress are now saying this is a good time to get Qadaffi as payback for PanAm 103, but where have these same career politicians been since PanAm 103 and further since the Brittish release of the PanAm Bomber. Where have you been all of these years. The US could have settled these issues years ago, why not. How much US investment is located in Libya and who holds it. That begs the question of who’s been in bed with the terrorist Qadaffi? For all of these reasons, that is why it was important to follow the US Constitution and seek a clear constitutional vote for or against military action. The American People would have spoken, not a select committee of war acting on a UN Resolution.

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  • mattwakulik
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:48am

    haha! we know thats never gonna happen. a bullet with a “D” on it is good but a bullet with an “R” is bad!

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  • conservativemom99
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:42am

    Well…in light of this bill, looks like the dems pansy cuts are looking even more ridiculous!
    ah well…we can always print more money…no biggie…

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  • dmforman
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:42am

    I just hope that we are not funding a conflict to get radical muslims into power. We do not need to be here and should not be wasting money or precious lives with this.

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  • Uncle Sambo
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:36am

    Obama lied and people died!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:44am

      Don’t hold your breath on that one but, your right! Where is Cindy Sheehan?

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    • Oil_Robb
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:55am

      Barry by-passed Congress……the Dems are mad and his leftwing Loon base is pissed….I love it

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:04am

      @Gonzo

      Actually, Cindy has been consistently anti-war, even after Obama was elected. The difference is that the MSM stopped covering her because it became an embarrassment for them to acknowledge that they were continuing the same policies that they campaigned against and she wasn’t giving them any slack. Last check (a couple of months ago?) she’s still protesting.

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  • WestOfThePecos
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:35am

    Let the unions pay for it. Trump that, let Gadaffi pay for it with oil. Oh wait, that didn’t work the last time either.

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  • rabblechat
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:34am

    As there is no logical reason why we are in Libya I can’t help but think this is just meant to be a distraction from our economic and budget issues at home. Don’t expect any fiscal accountability from either side as long as we are at war.

    http://www.rabblechat.com

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:40am

      You’re not alone. When did we become the world’s bodyguard? If you’re going to start a revolution you should darn well be ready to fight. These “noble” Libyan rebels seem to spend more time shooting in to the air and posing for the cameras than they do fighting.

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 6:35pm

      RABBLECHAT
      You’re correct!
      I hope that EVERYONE posting here has already called their two senators and their congressman to express their concern.
      The Capitol switchboard number is; (202)224-3121. We have to call! We cannot be silent.
      It is time for a MASSIVE Tea Party March on D.C.

      Please people…,call your Representatives!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:31am

    If the Libyan rebels take control, whatever it costs, should be repaid. We’re not in this thing for American security reasons so, the beneficiaries for the action should pay. I guess we’re mercenaries now.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:49am

      Mercenaries, yes, however we don’t ask our client to hire us from what I can tell. It would be wrong to shift the burden of paying for this on people who didn’t ask us to be there. So, my solution, don’t go to these kinds of places and do these kinds of things in the first place. That’s not just directed at Obama, but at presidents from the recent past, as well as any in the near future assuming we have an actual elected POTUS for much longer.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:57am

      The Libyan rebels DID ask for our help Ghost.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:05am

      They *did*? Or some random people on the opposition asked for it? Who is even in charge of the opposition (in a for real way, not a conjecture)? They don’t seem particularly hierarchical to me, but I may be behind on world events.

      Even if they did ask, don’t go. This insanity has to stop.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 11:23am

      Clinton has met with opposition leaders. They have been screaming for U.S. intervention. Weather the same people end up in charge is anyone’s guess. I think the main reason Obama pushed this was so he didn’t appear to turn a blind eye to the “democracy loving” muslims of the mid-east.

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  • hempstead1944
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:31am

    This one will come back to haunt us……

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    • Oil_Robb
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:53am

      Yup

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    • felina g
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:44am

      Blackmail from the Barry closet of skeletons.

      One of these days someone is going to drop dime.

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  • mattwakulik
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:14am

    it wont matter anyway. we are not gonna fight it to win!

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:34am

      Absolutely, we haven’t fought to win since Korea.

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    • WestOfThePecos
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:39am

      I do believe the Korea is in a ease fire situation. Wasn’t it our first police action?

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  • shirtsbyeric
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:13am

    I’m sure after the Shock and Awe, Gaddaffi will give himself up as to not prolong the expense of a drawn out quagmire of a war.

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:12am

    We don’t have any business in Lybia, get us the heck out of there. Maybe Congress should send the bill to the UN, isn’t this their war. It certainly isn’t ours.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:28am

      Oh, I agree. However, it’s not because of the man in the Oval Office. I’m against pre-emptive war on principle. I had the same major beef against Dubya and his ill advised adventures into Afghanistan and Iraq. People seem so addicted to bloodshed and chest thumping these days. So un-American.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:43am

      @Ghost of Jefferson:

      I agree on the fact pre emptive war is unamerican, across the board; we should not be in most of the conflicts lately we seem to indeed be addicted to entering. I feel the main reason we are addicted to, in your words “Chest Thumping” is we as a nation have forgotten the slaughter and stalemate of such wars as the World Wars and Vietnam (stalemated and slaughter in one).

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:51am

      Ghost and Snow… my sentiments exactly. The executive branch is taking way too many priviledges, besides I just don’t like war. What GW should have done in Afghanistan is blow the heck out of them with missiles and left our men at home. Don’t even get me started on Iraq.

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    • drbage
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:01am

      Instead of paying our yearly dues for the right to be a member of the UN and World Bank, just send them the bill from the, hmm, how would Clownitano call it, yes..the overseas contingency operation. Any uncovered balance of the bill, we should forward to the Arab League.

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    • jackrorabbit
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:19am

      @Ghost,
      While I agree in principal, there are times that preemptive war is a good thing. Unfortunately, the three that we are involved in aren’t that case. Iran on the other hand is, since they are working on building a nuke and want to “bathe the world in fire”. Chest thumping or not, evil must not be allowed to stand, and we could easily take them now, if we weren’t in all the other wars, and it would stablize the Middle East, and it would be far better to take that on before they have the weapons, since crazy people don’t ascribe to the M. A. D. policy. They celebrate death if it achieves their overall plan, the destruction of the little satan(Israel) and the great satan(US).

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 6:41pm

      MARYLOU
      This administration WANTS decisions to come from the United Nations.
      They don’t involve themselves too much with the legislative branch of the U.S. government.

      They want to minimize Congress. And they are.

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  • HappyStretchedThin
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:12am

    Congress: when the executive branch is overstepping its bounds, it’s up to YOU to use your check and de-fund.

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    • Obama Bin Lying
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:19am

      Wasn’t it three or four years ago a certain Senator (Barakas Obamakas) screamed about GW using the Military without congressional Approval? (more hypocrisy from the Peace Prize Prez)

      Somebody really needs to cut up his Goverment issued Visa, and give the check book to someone else to watch. He is writing checks, our asses can’t cash

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    • Creestof
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:23am

      “On the personnel front, special pay for soldiers involved in the operation will kick in immediately — unlike the munitions costs, which the Pentagon can defer.”
      —————————————————————————————————————————————

      Don’t you EVEN try to bring this up. Our men and women in the service are woefully underpaid. Bring them home safe and give them their due.

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    • Uncle Sambo
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:34am

      Let the French fight their own “war for oil”.
      Stop the War and Drill Baby Drill!

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:52am

      OBL
      The power of the purse resides in the House. They just need to quit raising the credit card limit and stop spending what we are now. Cut the Fed Government by 25% a year from 2007 levels for 3 years in a row and then we could talk. Remember the Congress writes all the checks and they just require BuckOfama to sign them.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:10am

    .
    It’s just play money any way. So who cares how much it costs……………

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:35am

      Kadaffi Duck says the ones he is killing are AlQueda…Let him kill them and maybe they will kill him back. Bring our troops home and let’s take care of our Nation. Screw the Middle East!! Drill here drill now!

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:35am

      Imagine what we could do with all that money right here in the United States. This includes all the waste of money right now in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:36am

      Just heard on the radio that we lost a plane over Libya, piolet has been recovered alive and unharmed fortunatly; they have not released the reason for the downing, mechanical or shot down.

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:45am

      Blaze journalist for this article:

      Please just state it for what Obama has started, not another “conflict” for we have entered another “WAR” with a POTUS who cares less for the country and will use this to make us twist on the wind each and every way he can.

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 8:48am

      Morning, SNOW, hope this finds you well. Will be happy when we are no longer a part of this mission and all our soldiers are home. I pray for our brave soldiers worldwide that they come home safely, and soon.

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    • tobywil2
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:06am

      THROW THE RASCALS OUT!!!!!!!!!!! http://commonsense21c.com/

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:08am

      Why not use the billions of dollars of Gadafi’s money frozen here in the U.S. to pay for this conflict/war/unconstitutional action.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:14am

      ROFL @ “play money”.

      It’s play money alright, until the “play IRS” and “play Federal Reserve” in coordination with the “play law enforcement/military“ and ”play federal judges“ decide to come put you in a ”play FEMA Civilian Labor Camp“ to force you to work off your ”play national debt”.

      Still wanna play?

      Report Post » V-MAN MACE  
    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:25am

      When we decide to fight, it means we should decide to pay our bills. This is the same room where fro the past three weeks there have been constant complaints that the administration was too slow going to war – and that the UN, French British and coalition forces were being included to offset some costs…

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:45am

      I bet they did not pay in gold coins? That would constitute a real payment. Real question? How much did we pay and how much did our masters pay?

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    • Stuck_in_CA
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:55am

      @Dustyluv

      “Kadaffi Duck says the ones he is killing are AlQueda…Let him kill them and maybe they will kill him back. Bring our troops home and let’s take care of our Nation. Screw the Middle East!! Drill here drill now!”

      AMEN, that! Eisenhower was right!

      Think I’ll start a political party called, “The cost of the war-mongers is too damn high.”

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    • Cherynn
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 9:58am

      Its an unconstitutional act so let the great community organizer pay for it out his “war chest”, I mean his relection fund. That might cover the costs. If he is going to go it alone, let him pay for it on his own too. I just pray that non of our fine service men/woman have to pay the ultimate price for his folly. Where are all the ani-war lefties at????? Hello???? chirp chirp, yep, just the crickets

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    • ginsberg
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 12:29pm

      Im glad some of you are taking an anti war stance, I hope it is not just for political reasons. People like hannity are crying because obama is letting france fight in libya and is holding back on sending ground forces. The sad truth is that we the people may want peace, but we are powerless over the government and the powerful, who depend on endless supposed emergencies to create a never ending fog of war. I wish people like hannity had to fight themselves.

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    • Lucy Larue
      Posted on March 22, 2011 at 7:35pm

      SPANKDAMONKEY
      I understand that your comment is tongue in cheek.Non? Please Monkey.., it is okay to use sarcasm,but are you calling your Reps. in D.C.?
      We cannot just commiserate with each other. We must do more. Are you?
      The Capitol switchboard number is (202)224-3121. Please call your Reps.
      They have the power and yet they know nothing! Wake them up! Merci!
      If you want to tell Barry Dunham what you thjink of his latest antics call the White House Hotline. the number is (202)456-1111. Please call. Merci!

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