We are approaching the fifth anniversary of our invasion of Iraq. We have stationed so many troops there that we have essentially none left in reserve for any other conflict. The cash cost is around $15 billion per month. On an accrual basis, including the veterans benefits that we'll be shelling our for the next five decades, it is much more.
Yet when I check Google News, I see nothing whatsoever today (December 30) about Iraq. Pakistan, yes. The Patriots' perfect season, yes. Thankfully, nothing about Britney Spears today, but also nothing whatsoever about Iraq. We spend about $300,000 every minute. Every six seconds or so, we squander enough to pay four years of college tuition for some deserving young person of limited means. But it isn't news anymore.
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