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walt
11-13-2007, 06:04 PM
$3.5 Trillion

http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2007-11-13T214409Z_01_N13609350_RTRIDST_0_USA-WAR-COSTS-UPDATE-2-PIX.XML

"We cannot afford this war," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, told reporters, noting that 3,860 U.S. troops have been killed and 38,164 wounded in Iraq.

"Both the direct effect of the war in reducing Iraqi oil production and the indirect effect of creating greater instability in the Middle East can act to increase oil prices," the report said.

Is it possbile the Democrats might start supporting Ron once Hillary and Mr. Obama's statements about 2013 sink in? I know it's a stretch, but one can dream right?