対イラク武力行使

＞米国の予算は１８４億ドル、約１兆８４００億円。そのうち消費されたのはわずか１７億ドル、約１７００億円。


って、それは初出が１１月１９日のカンザスシティ紙の記事に出てくる数字じゃないの？

二週間以上前、古すぎる。

それにカンザスシティ紙は、アメリカ軍の５０００人増派の記事のなかで引用している。

金が残ってるから、５０００人ぐらい増派しても良いってことじゃない。

"One of our mechanisms to deal with that, frankly, is to start as many projects as we can, given the fact that we know the insurgents can't be everywhere," Hess said. "Consequently, the more projects we start, we are moving Iraqis out, we're getting them employed, they are doing meaningful labor, they're restoring their country, and in and of itself that is a very positive and powerful thing we want to accomplish between now and the elections in January."

Hess said insurgent sabotage is a problem, particularly in the oil industry that is the backbone of Iraq's economy.

Of the $18.4 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds allocated by Congress last year, only $1.7 billion has been spent, Hess said, an increase of about $400 million from six weeks ago. He said 873 construction projects have been started, up from 703 six weeks ago. The goal is to have 1,000 started by year's end.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10224635.htm


何とかなるよ。