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End the Financial Irresponsibility of the War in Iraq

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Donald Rumsfeld, in 2003, estimated that the cost of the war in Iraq would be $50 billion. Five years and more than $500 billion later, Iraq has turned into a sinkhole for American taxpayers. In fact, recent analysis indicates that the true cost of the war could easily top $1-2 trillion dollars!

That's more than any other war, except for World War II. Just think -- the war in Iraq has been more expensive than the anticipated cost of the U.S. implementing the Kyoto Protocol to control greenhouse gases ($300 billion).

Countless lives lost and massive fiscal irresponsibility to boot -- the entire affair has been one debacle after another. Demand that the U.S. better use its resources and return its troops home.

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goal: 20,000

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The war in Iraq has proved far too costly and not just in terms of lives lost. In fact, recent analysis indicates that the true financial cost of the war could easily top $1-2 trillion dollars! That will make it the second most expensive war in the history of the United States.

The yearly cost of the war has doubled since the 2003 appropriation of $74 billion, which the Bush administration expected to be the total cost of the war. And these estimates don't necessarily account for all the potential expenses, including

* disability pay and health care costs of Iraqi war veterans for several decades;
* replacing worn or destroyed military equipment and resettling the armed forces; and
* paying interest on the debt used to finance the war.

[Your Comment]

To date, the war has cost $341.4 million per day. Worse, thousands of lives have been thrown away in a misguided, high-handed venture of the Bush Administration. I urge you to help the U.S. use its resources better and more importantly, bring our troops home.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “End the Financial Irresponsibility of the War in Iraq”!

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6:03 am PDT, Jul 24, Beverly Dixon, Pennsylvania

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5:36 am PDT, Jul 24, Name not displayed, Colorado

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5:23 am PDT, Jul 24, Roc�o Manzano Guerrero, Spain

# 47:

4:55 am PDT, Jul 24, Michael Robinson, Virginia
What's the ultimate cost in lives and money to the nation for letting Bush Jr. go to Bagdad for Bush Sr.? The wrong war for many reasons for a nation that should have known better!

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4:30 am PDT, Jul 24, Jos� Mar�a Olmos Santana, Spain

# 45:

4:18 am PDT, Jul 24, Amelia Irish, Florida

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3:34 am PDT, Jul 24, Marty Howe, Montana

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3:30 am PDT, Jul 24, YLynn Foster, Texas

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3:17 am PDT, Jul 24, Erika Stone, Virginia

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3:13 am PDT, Jul 24, ALPHA WI, Germany

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3:11 am PDT, Jul 24, Name not displayed, New York

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3:10 am PDT, Jul 24, Name not displayed, Illinois

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2:49 am PDT, Jul 24, Carmen Dello Buono, California
The war in Iraq has proved far too costly and not just in terms of lives lost. In fact, recent analysis indicates that the true financial cost of the war could easily top $1-2 trillion dollars! That will make it the second most expensive war in the history of the United States. To date, the war has cost $341.4 million per day. Worse, thousands of lives have been thrown away in a misguided, high-handed venture of the Bush Administration. I urge you to help the U.S. use its resources better and more importantly, bring our troops home. Sincerely, Carmen Dello Buono

# 37:

2:44 am PDT, Jul 24, Glen Venezio, Puerto Rico

# 36:

2:43 am PDT, Jul 24, Steve Klein, Canada

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1:48 am PDT, Jul 24, Fabio Roccaforte, Italy

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1:40 am PDT, Jul 24, Timothy Bruck, Ohio

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1:27 am PDT, Jul 24, Lyndsey Espinosa, Florida
With so many being harmed each day needlessly, I'd rather see the money now being used to fund destruction and death on protecting and caring for those who have already fought and lost so much. Bring our troops hope and spend our money on something with a future: Life.

# 32:

1:06 am PDT, Jul 24, Jennifer Cribbs, Ohio

# 31:

1:06 am PDT, Jul 24, J Steven Reese, Alaska

# 30:

1:03 am PDT, Jul 24, Octavian Paul Draja, Romania

# 29:

12:50 am PDT, Jul 24, ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky
IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT THE WAR DO IT ON YOUR OWN DIME NOT ON OURS

# 28:

12:17 am PDT, Jul 24, Eva Eberhardt, California

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12:16 am PDT, Jul 24, Bhuvanasi Satish, India

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10:59 pm PDT, Jul 23, Robert Gray, California

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8:37 pm PDT, Jul 23, Alyssa Westall, Washington
Please invest money in education and the environment.

# 24:

8:29 pm PDT, Jul 23, Name not displayed, New York

# 23:

8:29 pm PDT, Jul 23, Amy Wheeler, New York
Stop wasting our $$$$ in Iraq. Spend it on fixing our country`s financial problems. Support our troops-BRING THEM HOME!

# 22:

8:24 pm PDT, Jul 23, Dinda Evans, California

# 21:

8:24 pm PDT, Jul 23, Iris Jakson, California
Please find diplomatic solutions in which everyone wins. We have spent enough money on this war to feed, clothe, house, educate, give health care, and even teach everyone to get along, on the WHOLE PLANET. Please use money to heal and uplift, not destroy.

# 20:

8:19 pm PDT, Jul 23, Kelvin Leathem, United Kingdom
They shouldn't NEED to be told!!!

# 19:

8:09 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jason Turgeon, Maine
This war is deceitful to every citizen of the United States.

# 18:

7:57 pm PDT, Jul 23, JAMES SULLIVAN, Illinois

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7:50 pm PDT, Jul 23, Michael Barth, California

# 16:

7:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Yolanda Quintero, New Jersey

# 15:

7:18 pm PDT, Jul 23, Gale Weaner, Texas
It's time to save the United States. Get some control over this executive branch gone wild and stop this Iraqi nonsense before it is plain to absolutely everyone that it is too late.

# 14:

6:27 pm PDT, Jul 23, Esther Leithmann, Arizona

# 13:

6:08 pm PDT, Jul 23, Robert J. Haas Sr., Pennsylvania

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4:57 pm PDT, Jul 23, Harel BB, Maryland

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3:57 pm PDT, Jul 23, Ana Kowalczyk, Turkey

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3:51 pm PDT, Jul 23, Leigh Lehman, New Jersey

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3:43 pm PDT, Jul 23, Frank Kunkel, New York

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3:42 pm PDT, Jul 23, Joe Tobia, New York

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3:41 pm PDT, Jul 23, Arline Wecker, New York

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3:41 pm PDT, Jul 23, Hon.Howard Birnbaum, New York

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3:40 pm PDT, Jul 23, Mike Pert, New York

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3:39 pm PDT, Jul 23, Yariv Leers, New York

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3:39 pm PDT, Jul 23, Eric Waxman, Pennsylvania

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3:38 pm PDT, Jul 23, Jeff Fischman, New Jersey

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3:37 pm PDT, Jul 23, Seth Stern, New Jersey

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