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[Journeyman]

8. Back in 2006, I addressed the cost of the IraqAttaq at that time . . .

In those days, we were told the Attaq cost $720 million a day, which worked out to $5 billion a week, or some $20 billion per month. Many were quick to point out, if we ceased this tremendous drain on our coffers, we'd have around $240 billion a year in savings.

I thought then (and believe now) the number was far too small.

But using the publicly disclosed cost, I began to use these numbers in casual discussion.

I created an IraqAttaq monetary standard in which one hour equaled $30 million, a day was $720 million, a week $5 billion, and a month $20 billion. Then I insert the terms in conversations as often as possible.

"Yes, I think the town should build a new library -- after all, it'll only cost $3 Iraq Hours."

"A new highway through that part of the county would be great and would only cost $1-1/2 Iraq Weeks to build."

"It's true, health care for all in this state would be expensive, but we're only talking about $4 Iraq Months each year."

I felt it brought the cost of the IraqAttaq in to sharper focus, and helped people conceptualize in easily understood terms the tremendous, needless drain this senseless occupation exerted on all our lives. It was also a somewhat innocuous way to bring the Catastroph@#k into normal conversation (especially in those days, when so many former supporters were loathe to even consider the disaster's true impact on their world).