Comments on: The Cost of War http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/04/21/the-cost-of-war/ Estd. in Ireland, July 2002 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tony http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/04/21/the-cost-of-war/comment-page-1/#comment-85535 Tony Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:37:01 +0000 http://www.gavinsblog.com/2006/04/21/the-cost-of-war/#comment-85535 Somewhat surprised Weisman’s article left many gasping about the amount of money spent thus far. An equal number share a pang of anger that so many are in fact gasping. One can easily equate us to a teenager set loose with dad’s credit card only to be slapped with reality when the bill arrives. In this case its our credit card … and this war is hardly a secret. Despite a few flaws with the fatuous figures quoted, numerous issues and debates should arise from this information. Political agendas aside, this specific comment isolates a singular component of the article regarding money spent. To spend that much ‘treasure’ on any one given project outside our natural boundaries is a tad bit exorbitant and almost impossiblel to get a detailed accounting. “Why buy a pint when you can get a keg,” seems to be our new philosophy on spending. Meanwhile, some of us out of school for the past five years still owe a balance of $65,000 for our student loans. There has to be new methods of attainment to obtain harmony and new priorities in spending …. I would suggest investing in the future along the lines of secondary education as the first step. Somewhat surprised Weisman’s article left many gasping about the amount of money spent thus far. An equal number share a pang of anger that so many are in fact gasping. One can easily equate us to a teenager set loose with dad’s credit card only to be slapped with reality when the bill arrives. In this case its our credit card … and this war is hardly a secret.

Despite a few flaws with the fatuous figures quoted, numerous issues and debates should arise from this information. Political agendas aside, this specific comment isolates a singular component of the article regarding money spent.
To spend that much ‘treasure’ on any one given project outside our natural boundaries is a tad bit exorbitant and almost impossiblel to get a detailed accounting.

“Why buy a pint when you can get a keg,” seems to be our new philosophy on spending.

Meanwhile, some of us out of school for the past five years still owe a balance of $65,000 for our student loans. There has to be new methods of attainment to obtain harmony and new priorities in spending …. I would suggest investing in the future along the lines of secondary education as the first step.

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