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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 WND/WORLDNEWS > DEMS WANT TO PAY FOR WAR EVERY TWO MONTHS?

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-11 00:15|| 2007-05-11 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 This is a hell of a way to run a war--on the installment plan. What is the interest (cost) on such an approach (if it can be called that)?

Posted by JohnQC 2007-05-11 12:33|| 2007-05-11 12:33|| Front Page Top

#3 The cost is in lost projects and extremely costly purchasing agreements, JohnQC. Suppliers don't like to sell expensive things on less than multi-year contracts, and research projects can run a decade or longer before a usable product is developed. The Pentagon might be able to keep the troops in bullets and MREs, but I suspect that anything beyond that is going to be problematical, significantly overpriced, or both.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-05-11 16:29|| 2007-05-11 16:29|| Front Page Top

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