When I just checked it was in the $314 billions, and counting. There's a nifty gadget to check out the cost to your community.
For us here in Santa Monica, that's approaching $150.6 million. New York City itself is in for over $10.5 billion. And counting. And counting.
So what do we get for our money?
Death squads (how El Salvador 1980's):
The leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab group demanded Wednesday that the beleaguered Shiite-led government take steps to disarm militias after police said the bodies of 65 tortured men were dumped in and around Baghdad.
Dead civilians and U.S. soldiers by the cartload:
On a violent day even by the standards of Baghdad, car bombs, mortars and other attacks also killed at least 39 people and wounded dozens. Two U.S. soldiers also were killed, one in enemy action in restive Anbar province on Monday and the other in a roadside bombing south of Baghdad on Tuesday, the U.S. military command said.
But if you really want to see how well El Presidente's bold leadership is working, check out how they take off and visit their solicitious neighbor, who happens to be our designated enemy. They even get offers of help on security from this enemy.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad had something of a lovefest at their press conference on Tuesday. Ahmadinejad expressed his complete support for the Iraqi parliament, political process and government. The Iranians always sound just like the Bush administration when they talk about political progress in Iraq. Ahmadinejad also offered help with security affairs.
Are they, like, going to take neighborhoods that our soldiers aren't really interested in? Do our grunts and theirs get to rub shoulders in Baghdad? Or do they mean security as in against the Western infidel invader?
So maybe not money well spent. History will tell! And it sure is looking historically...bad.
Oh, well. At least all those hundreds of billions have been properly accounted for.
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