CNN:Pulling Out Of Iraq Will Not Save America Money

[SaveOurSovereignty]

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msm propaganda continues

[Danieljay]

1. Classic. n/t

[jedr]

2. so that means that anything I put on a credit card;

Isn't real?????? what a bunch of B.S. Not to mention that they quoted Obama out of context. Did Rupert buy CNN?

[annabanana]

3. As usual.. they take a hunk of truth and twist it to an incorrect conclusion.

They are right that stopping Iraq spending will not make funds "available" for other programs. (I think the credit card analogy is apt.)

It WILL save on future interest payments due on what would have been increasing debt on that credit card.

BUT
Leaving will not cost more than staying. Clearly the vastly decreased cost of not being there will be cheaper than continuing to throw money down that rat hole.

The story is just complicated enough to fool people who are only half-paying attention.

[Danieljay]

5. I hate these fuckers. This is criminal. n/t

[Terry_M]

4. WTF that is pure propaganda

used to confuse the hell out of people who can't see through it.... The fact is that WE WILL SPEND LESS, it doesn't matter if the Iraq War money was going straight to the deficit........

[Danieljay]

6. no shit, we spend less, your grandkids pay it off. Uneffingbelievable. Fucking fascism. n/t

[urbuddha]

19. My thoughts exactly

Of course it will cost money to bring the troops home. In the long run we will save money by not
paying for a war we can't afford. If we keep paying for this war we will just keep going further in debt.

[Pharaoh]

7. It's Orwellian!

War is Peace!!

[Voice for Peace]

8. "... according to the military industrial complex experts."

oh duuuh? We better keep the war going as long as possible, to help the economy.

[SaveOurSovereignty]

9. A message to CNN

Deficit is real money you clowns.
Yes leaving Iraq will not pay down the debt and it will cost money to pull out, but the deficit will increase even higher the longer the occupation is still in Iraq, is cnn saying to never pull out because it will hurt the deficit more as appose to staying?
Straight double speak!
I wonder if CNN realizes that the deficit is payed down by tax payers with their "Real Money"

[annabanana]

20. You can BET they "realize" it!

I'll lay even money that someone got a big fat bonus (maybe even a promotion) for writing that text and framing that lie.

[Faryn Balyncd]

10. CNN: "It won't save us money to stop spending $, because it's all borrowed $."

[Dawgs]

11. WTF!! Did that jackass just say that the money spent in Iraq is not real money?

Are you fucking kidding me?

[NorthCarolina]

13. Well, technically speaking since the USD is not based on a precious commodity

such as gold or silver, but rather it is debt based currency issued by banks and not Federal authority, it in effect isn't "real" money in the truest sense of the word.

[pansypoo53219]

12. so, instead of spending to end it

let's just keep playing 100k indians til everybody is dead?

[ProfessorPlum]

14. Wow. I have never seen a more rank example of propaganda,

lies, and up-is-downism.

The MIC must really be worried that we will throw less money away on war in the future.

[mythyc]

15. jesus fucking christ i'm so sick of this

someone needs to sucker punch that puke :grr:

[bathandbeyond]

16. Time for a revolution

:mad: With a lying piece of shit administration, a compliant congress, and a feckless media its time for revolution! We have to bring this corrupt system down! Fucking assholes.

[grassfed]

38. media not feckless but ferocious collaborators

[Wizard777]

17. We need to seize Halliburton and KBR. Possibly even Blackwater.

I would even go as far seizing Bush & Cheney's Assets too. Then we'll deal with teh oil companies. Lets face facts. We have been robbed and we are entitled to recoup what was stolen from US.

[SaveOurSovereignty]

18. Would like to add

I went to cnnmoney dot com and it is not there leading headline, actually i could not even find the article there

Edit:
Had to use their search function, it is not located on there front page but heres there article

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/09/news/economy/mccain_obama_drawdown/index.htm

[annabanana]

21. Let's rec this to the "greatest". . . It needs as many eyeballs as possible.

The truth is the remedy for lies...

[defendandprotect]

22. CNN: MORE WAR SAVES MONEY . . . !!!

Meanwhile, of course, this is a direct attack on Obama and his anti-war message ---

and his comments on SOCIAL needs . . . !!!

What they're basically saying is "change" won't improve things --- so don't even try!

How many people will sell their souls to be a CNN reporter?

[W T F]

23. So I shod keep spending money on shit I don't need and.......

Charge it, in order to save more money because is I stop spending money it will cost more!
Yep, it makes a lot of sense to me!

War is Peace!
Ignorance is Strength!
Double Plus Good!

[DRex]

24. Bringing troops home is apparently going to be too costly...

Oh well, sorry guys but I guess you will be staying in Iraq forever. Make yourselves at home.

What a bunch of bullshit. The new American economy, where debt means nothing. Don't feel bad about getting into debt. It's not real money after all.

Criminals.

[SwiperFox]

25. Amazing.

The elite does consider us a nation of mindless, all-consuming zombies. It is truly amazing how they throw this notion in our face. They are adding the term "retard" to the above list of american attributes. Sickening.

Looky-looky, I found a documentary for you guys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kp24ZeHtv4

[cynthia]

43. wow fascinating documentary

thanks for sharing this link.

I watched the first two hours of the series and it is compelling

[barbtries]

26. there's one of the most pathetic

and specious arguments for continuing a war that should have never begun i've ever heard. is there a person somewhere who actually buys this crap? gawd.

[ihavenobias]

27. A BIG K & R. I created a thread on this video...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3606927&mesg_id=3606927

[Cha]

28. We always knew where cnn's loyalty

lies..with the LIES leading up to the War On Iraq and the perpetual LIES to keep it going. And, for what purpose? Ad Revenue?

Don't these corporatewhores have any decendents who would appreciate a healthy planet?

[Stuckinthebush]

29. Technically, that is true

The war is being financed through borrowing so no real revenue is supporting it. True that. It's not like we'll have trillions of dollars to move from one line item to another.

What is amazing here is that they don't tell the whole story. The dimwits would say, "Well shoot, martha! We should just stay in Iraq because it saves us money!" No, the longer we stay in Iraq then the more of our children's money we spend. We increase our debt which then decreases our ability to pay for important things like health care etc. CNN chose not to tell it that way because it is more sensational to say, "Getting out of Iraq won't save us money!!!"

Then the Barbie doll anchor makes the "ha ha" that gee, politicians can't be trusted to tell the truth. Evidently, neither can CNN.

[pleah]

30. Rec. #5 and a kick! I can't understand how they can broadcast this

crap. And, what is worse, I can't believe people accept this garbage as reliable information.

[Pastiche423]

31. It is not a "stunning piece of information"

It is a stunning piece of bullshit.

[underpants]

32. First of all CNN is now citing its own report as a reference (think Cheney-NYT-MTP prewar)

you create your our information or our hypothesis and then cite it as proof when you repeat the claim.

Secondly-okay so over 10 years it will add $214 Million to the debt okay what would keeping a troop level of 130,000 ADD to the debt? Is that mentioned in the CBO report? Is it more than having 75,000 there?

Complete bullshit.

[underpants]

33. Here is the actual CBO report (18 pages) Summary: More troops = more money

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/84xx/doc8497/07-30-WarCosts_Testimony.pdf

[truedelphi]

34. By that logic, Turning off CNN will not improve your IQ by 30 pts

Except it certainly does.

[KoKo]

35. I saw that report live on CNN this morning. Neither of those anchors are ones I've seen before...

on CNN Weekends (I don't watch them every weekend and maybe this is a new feature with these anchors)but this seems like "canned propaganda" straight from our Pentagon.

K&R. This is really dreadful...

[annabanana]

40. That wouldn't surprise me in the least.

We haven't received any assurances that this isn't still happening after all.

[Enrique]

36. i'm speechless

they call this nonsnense a "reality check" :wow:

[Kokonoe]

37. The dollars on my bank statement are not crisp Federal Reserve Notes.

But they are still dollars.

Not even looking at money, our military lives and assets are being lost or worn out.

[blackspade]

39. Crock. Of. Shit.

These folks should be fired. And the people who wrote the story as well.
This is some of the most blatant propaganda that I have seen yet from CNN.

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

41. What a complete piece of shit - how dare they even suggest....

[harun]

42. WOW nice Ministry of Truth bullshit propaganda, I would expect this

from Fox News. The source they cite is their own website.

Instead of saying the Iraq war is causing us MASSIVE increases in debt which is destroying the dollar and making Oil that much more expensive they spin this as because this is just debt, we might as well just not worry about it because we won't have any extra money anyway. One of the worst pieces I have ever seen from MSM.