Friday, October 21, 2011

Qaddafi Dead

A dead tyrant is a good tyrant. I guess now that he’s dead, we can say that that was the purpose of the war.

According to the Pentagon, that was the cost to U.S. taxpayers for Muammar el-Qaddafi’s head: $1.1 billion through September, the latest figure just out of the Defense Department.

And that’s just for the Americans.

The final totals will take some time to add up, and still do not include the State Department, CIA, and other agencies involved or other NATO and participating countries. Vice President Joe Biden said that the U.S. “spent $2 billion total and didn’t lose a single life.” NATO does not track the operational costs to each member country, but the funds directly taken from a common NATO account for Libya operations have totaled about $7.4 million per month for electronic warfare capabilities and $1.1 million per month for headquarters and command staff, a NATO spokesman said.

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1957 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Military

  1. wow 5 posts, 5 spams, Austin Mn couldn’t match that on a dare,,,,

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 22, 2011 at 0528 hrs


  2. Herman Cain likes Nike Shox shoes and Gucci handbags. He finds this interesting as does Perry.  Newt agrees with this.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 22, 2011 at 0645 hrs


  3. The problem now is that there is a vacuum - and who will fill it. Qaddafi was a brutal dictator - but he did provide some stability (at a human cost).

    And I’m glad you deleted the spammers - keeping their posts just attracts more of them…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 22, 2011 at 1309 hrs


  4. I don’t buy the stability argument.  It’s a good thing he’s dead.

    Now is the time for leaders of the world’s democracies to provide leadership and guidance for the Libyan people.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 23, 2011 at 0859 hrs


  5. I watched the first video and momentarily felt bad for him, for just a second. He should have simply been shot in the drainpipe.

    Now this?!?!

    I don’t have any hope for Libya not turning into a terrorist cesspool.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 24, 2011 at 1415 hrs


  6. 1.1 BILLION American dollars spent to restore Sharia law to Libya, not one cent to protect American Liberty from our own Government’s assault.

    Stupid American sheep, you don’t deserve to be called “people”, much less “men”.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 24, 2011 at 2332 hrs


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