At 08:45 PM 10/22/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >First of all; a number of nations did chip in for the cost of the first >Gulf War. It amounted to less than 100 billion. The Saudis, the Kuwaitis >and the Japanese were the biggest contributors. > >But, let us look at that kind of money over 9 years (assuming it started >late in '91 and ended when Clinton left office.) That comes to ~11 >billion/year, about 0.1% of the US GDP. > >That's in the noise, to first order.
The above is correct. >Plus, its hard to believe the GHB would let Clinton's budget get the credit >while his took the hit. That is just plain ridiculous. The Allies made their contributions when they made them. President Bush had a window of about three months between thinking he would have a second term and Clinton taking office, and he certainly made no such adjustment. JDG _______________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l