[quote=Hatfield][quote=NeetaT]or salary cuts for those in congress.[/quote]

The house and senate combined have a payroll of about $94M annually. We blow through that amount of money every 15 hours in Iraq alone.[/quote]

Precisely. Based on those numbers, it’s doubtful that we would sending more troops.

Actually, I read this weekend (can’t remember which newspaper) that it essentially costs $1 million per annum to support each soldier.