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John McCain supports a 100-Year War in Iraq at the Expense of Nevadas Families |
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 Porter, Heller endorse McCain and an endless civil war
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war. Poll
after poll shows that Nevadans do not want to be mired in an endless
civil war, yet John McCain — supported by Congressmen Jon Porter and
Dean Heller — argues that American troops could be in Iraq for 100
years.
As the economy continues to slide into what Alan Greenspan said could
be the worst slow-down since World War II, John McCain's endless war in
Iraq is draining economic resources that would help Nevada’s working
families. A sample of the cost of the Iraq war to Nevada’s families:
- Nevada taxpayers have paid $4.7 billion for the Iraq War — or $4,100
for each Nevada household — which could have provided 1,072,866 people
with health care [National Priorities Project, nationalpriorities.org]
- Almost 4,000 brave men and women in uniform have lost their lives
since the beginning of the war, including 34 from Nevada.
[icasualties.org]
- An estimated 28,838 people in the military have been wounded in Iraq, including 176 from Nevada. [icasualties.org]
- About 2,591 of Nevada’s National Guard and Reserve Troops have been
deployed since September, 2001, taxing our state’s ability to respond
to disasters and crises.
- A recent study shows the Iraq war is now costing U.S. taxpayers $12
billion dollars a month. That means that for the cost of less than a
week in Iraq, we could hire 51,000 police officers to make America
safer. [AP, 3/10/08; Speaker Pelosi Fact Sheet, 8/29/07]
- For four months in Iraq, we could get low-income kids health care for
five years. [AP, 3/10/08; Speaker Pelosi Fact Sheet, 8/29/07]
- And for just three weeks in Iraq, we could enroll 1.4 million kids in
Head Start and get them the education they need. [AP, 3/10/08; Speaker
Pelosi Fact Sheet, 8/29/07]
“Despite his double talk on the campaign trail, John McCain supports
President Bush’s endless civil war, and now argues we could be in Iraq
for 100 years or more,” said Kirsten Searer, deputy executive director
of the Nevada Democratic Party. “Nevadans are feeling the cost of the
war here at home. McCain, Porter and Heller — that’s a recipe for
another four years of occupying Iraq while diverting critical resources
from the war on terrorism and Nevada’s priorities here at home.”
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