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| U.S. has spent over $1 billion fighting ISIS, says Pentagon |
| 2014-12-24 |
| [IraqiNews.com] U.S. Pentagon front man and Navy Commander William Urban said Monday, that the cost of the U.S. military operations against the IS group in Iraq and Syria has surpassed the $1 billion mark. According to ?The Hill? newspaper, Pentagon front man William Urban said that the cost of the kinetic operations by the U.S. government has surpassed the $1 billion mark and continues to climb, noting that the mentioned figure excludes earlier activities which the B.O. regime began in June. ?As of Dec. 11, 2014, the total cost of operations related to [ISIS] since kinetic operations started on Aug. 8, 2014 is $1.02 billion and the average daily cost is $8.1 million,? Urban said. This comes after U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced 1,300 U.S. troops will be deployed to Iraq as part of the 1,500 troops authorized by President Barack Obama Jedi mind meld... last month. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 Probably a lot cheaper to arm the Kurds. $1b in weaponry would have gone a long way, re body armor, ammo, artillery, anti-tank missiles and technicals. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2014-12-24 15:36 |
| #4 You think it's coming out of graft R&D or procurement? Easy, Out of the funds set aside for uniforms, no boots needed.... |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2014-12-24 11:20 |
| #3 Wasn't the left bitching about 'two wars on the credit card'? Guess one war's okay, when their guy's doing it. |
| Posted by: Raj 2014-12-24 11:19 |
| #2 Certainly not out of the DoD part of the Presidential security detail... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-12-24 11:16 |
| #1 Sort of blows a years worth of training, maintenance, and class IX funding. You think it's coming out of |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-12-24 08:44 |