We have spent more in 3 weeks in Iraq than we did in the last 6 years in Afghanistan"
However, what about this CRS report which shows the REAL NUMBERS:
CRS Report for Congress
The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War
on Terror Operations Since 9/11
Covers FY2001 - FY2009
Afghanistan war $172 billion (8 yrs)
Iraq war $653 billion (6 years)
Let's just take average / year / week
AF: $21.5 billion / yr
IR: $109 billion / yr
3 weeks of IR $6.3 billion
7 years of AF $150.5 billion
Hmmmm....someone do the math...
Western Standard has this to say:
Biden is telling absurd lies about Afghanistan tonight. In particular, he's repeatedly claimed that "we've spent less in Afghanistan in seven years than we spend in a month in Iraq."
According to the Congressional Research Service, spending on the war in Afghanistan since 2001 has been $172 Billion. Spending in Iraq is, as the Democrats repeatedly mention, a little under $10 Billion a month.
In other words, Biden's number is off by, oh, something like 2000%. Perhaps Obama's Sub-Committee ought to have held some hearings on Afghanistan after all.
As a side note, amazingly, Biden just fell apart on foreign policy there. Did he really promise that Obama would launch a war in Darfur? Never mind his whole mess of an answer on his vote for the Iraq War. Does anyone think that it's really even remotely credible that Joe Biden voted to give George Bush the authority to go to war because he thought he wouldn't use it. If Joe Biden did that, he's among the stupidest men alive.
Hearings? What? I am sorry...I am only present...besides, I am too busy campaigning...sincerely, Barry O.
