War Cost: $2B A Week

2 billion dollars a week. 2 BILLION DOLLARS a week. Can you say WAR PROFITEERS, shit. Are you kidding me, $2 billion a week? WTF, where the hell is the oversight. When you have companies making big money from war you can be sure of one thing. MORE WAR Cost of Iraq war nearly $2b a week By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | September 28, 2006 WASHINGTON -- A new congressional analysis shows the Iraq war is now costing taxpayers almost $2 billion a week -- nearly twice as much as in the first year of the conflict three years ago and 20 percent more than last year -- as the Pentagon spends more on establishing regional bases to support the extended deployment and scrambles to fix or replace equipment damaged in combat. The upsurge occurs as the total cost of military operations at home and abroad since 2001, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will top half a trillion dollars, according to an internal assessment by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service completed last week. The spike in operating costs -- including a 20 percent increase over last year in Afghanistan, where the mission now costs about $370 million a week -- comes even though troop levels in both countries have remained stable. The reports attribute the rising costs in part to a higher pace of fighting in both countries, where insurgents and terrorists have increased their attacks on US and coalition troops and civilians. Read More at The Boston Globe