09-02-2003 23:53									#1
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from http://www.guardian.co.uk -

quote: The financial cost of a war in Iraq is justified in order to deal with Saddam Hussein, Gordon Brown says. The Chancellor says his prudent handling of the economy means if military conflict goes ahead he will find the money to pay for it. A defence think-tank estimated last week that war in Iraq would cost the British taxpayer £3.5 billion - a figure which could rise. The long-term costs of stabilising and rebuilding the nation after the conflict, in which Britain is likely to play a key role, could be more than £30 billion a year, says the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The Chancellor says the international community will be happy to foot the bill for rebuilding Iraq as it has done in Afghanistan and Kosovo. "We have always in difficult circumstances like these, whether it's been Kosovo or Afghanistan or whether domestically it's been foot-and-mouth and other emergencies that we did not expect, we've always had to find the money and make it available," Mr Brown told BBC1's Breakfast With Frost. "One of the benefits of our new system in fiscal policy is that we are far more able to deal with these difficulties and emergencies as they arise. So we will find the money and it is necessary that we do."

So, if we spend this much money so the USA can get more oil does this mean that Bush will let Blair kiss his naked ass, rather than just through his trousers?

	09-02-2003 23:57									#2
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Where did the guardin get it's figures from?

	10-02-2003 00:12									#3
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oh joy, all that money which Brown has managed to save through his handling of the economy is going to be wasted on a war?

Wahey, here comes recession...

	10-02-2003 07:39									#4
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I thought you mean the war, not the period after it. 30B is a small number compare to what the war will cost.

	10-02-2003 07:41									#5
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If the war lasts a year 30B will be a drop in the bucket.

	11-02-2003 04:00									#6
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No - the war itself will probably 'only' cost 3.5 billion, but occupying Iraq afterwards (which could be upwards of 3 years) will cost 30 billion a year.

	11-02-2003 04:04									#7
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Well this is a 'good value for money' type of war.

	11-02-2003 05:05									#8
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Yeah, US gets a war and the rest of the world gets Bushigula's head on the platter. Come on, CIA, don't fail us now.

	11-02-2003 08:52									#9
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I think 3.5b is a very conservative figure based on the assumption that after a few bombs have fallen that Iraq will surrender.

* Grrr wonders if Ming has noticed this Iraq War thread .

	11-02-2003 09:19									#10
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Grrr, this one was made before Ming made his rule.

	11-02-2003 10:25									#11
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Ahem..3.5b to British Taxpayers, only. The cost of war for the US , australia, and other nations who will be involved are not included whatsoever.

The 30 billion dollar a year as part of the aftermath is very high- Afghanistan costs but a fraciton of that after the bombs ended.

	11-02-2003 16:35									#12
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quote: So, if we spend this much money so the USA can get more oil

And so the myth continues.