Replies to post #237181 on Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[PegnVA]

So tell us again WHO attacked us on 911? Was it SH's men? Was it ANYONE from Iraq? WHO did The Decider tell us was the engineer of the 911 tragedy?

And before you advise ANYONE to STFU, grow up first.

[Ian56]

Number killed on 9/11 - just less than 3,000

Number of US troops killed - more than 3,000 and counting.

Number of Iraqi civilians killed circa 600,000

Number of US road deaths - 40,000 p.a.

Profits boost to bushbackers.
Includes additional defense contracts, higher oil price, Iraqi construction contracts, additional Homeland Defense spending, higher oil exploration investments, anti-anthrax vaccines etc.
I.E. all direct and indirect differences to profits compared to what would have occurred if the US had not invaded Iraq in 2003 and had not created a climate of fear at home.

Conservative estimate $600bn

Profit per US casualty $600bn / 6,000 = $100m per US head.
Heck those grunts sure weren't worth that much alive.

I believe I have a pretty good idea of what sort of war the US is fighting.

The above probably discounts another large factor.
Would the Fed rate now be at 5.25% without the increased government spending on the war?
I doubt it.

If the Fed rate would otherwise have been 1% lower - additional profit to the owners of the Fed - $86bn.
Nice play by the bankers.

Regards,
Ian

[seabass]

>>>why we were attacked on 9/11<<<


Why do you think we were attacked on 9/11?

[sortagreen]

I think you should do some reading on what the war is about

Please Rollingrock, the idea that you read anything more analytically sophisticated than "Little Green Footballs" is ludicrous and every here who can reason knows that.

How do you look at this week's news on the new "Hydrocarbon Law" Iraq is instituting and not smell what your masters have been cooking these past years? God, it's pathetic. Not a word from you on totally raping that country's economy and you have the f#@kin' nerve to suggest it's Peg who can't see reality.

But of course half a century military excursions, destabilization of governments, Exxon's resource grabs and Israel's aggressive territorial expansion have nothing to do with 9/11... It's all just those Moslems and their hatred for everyone.

How stupid do you have to be to see it that way? How we got here is, or should be, as plain as can be. The only question is how do we get out. Apparently, "more of the same" is your answer.