About $3Tn for the last one since that day in 2003, when Donald Rumsfeld told the American people that the "limited" action we would be taking in Iraq would cost no more than $60Bn. Funny how quickly things can get out of hand – isn't it? Also funny how quickly we forget the mistakes of the recent past:
Rumsfeld, 2/7/03: “It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.”
Cheney, 3/16/03: “I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . (in) weeks rather than months“
Q: If your analysis is not correct, and we’re not treated as liberators, but as conquerors, and the Iraqis begin to resist, particularly in Baghdad, do you think the American people are prepared for a long, costly, and bloody battle with significant American casualties?
Cheney: Well, I don’t think it’s likely to unfold that way, Tim, because I really
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