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15. a ploy?

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 12:42 AM

Mar 19

Steven Asbury @stevenasbury 26m
It’s a ploy. They’re asking for a ridiculous number so Republicans can cut it to half (also a ridiculous number) and look like they reigned in Trump.

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No. [View all] bigtree Mar 18 OP

And hell NO Deuxcents Mar 18 #1

And that's just a down payment. Sneederbunk Mar 18 #2

a ploy? bigtree Mar 19 #15

wut dweller Mar 18 #3

The last report I saw said they spent 11 or 12 billion$. Norrrm Mar 18 #4

if they admit to $12b, it's more than $20b bigtree Mar 18 #5

I recently learned that Pat Ryan and AOC went to Glens Falls, NY recently. Quiet Em Mar 18 #6

I'd like to see them come to western NY and wnylib Mar 18 #13

Yes. nt babylonsister Mar 18 #7

Early estimates from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) put the cost at about $16.5 billion Wiz Imp Mar 18 #8

Along with lobster. Lots of lobster. King crab. Ribeyes. summer_in_TX Mar 18 #9

So the Excursion is costing 4-5 times as much as the Iraq War at its height? AloeVera Mar 18 #11

Failed shock and awe attempt. wnylib Mar 18 #14

Shortage of munitions already? AloeVera Mar 18 #10

No. leftstreet Mar 18 #12