Libya

The Pentagon said Monday the military intervention in Libya cost the U.S. an estimated $608 million in the first few of weeks of the operation. Spending is down significantly, though not as much as expected.

Defense Department spokeswoman Navy Cmdr. Kathleen Kesler said the price tag is for spending through April 4 — or for 17 days of the mission, the most recent figure available.

Officials also revised an earlier statement on what the figure includes. They said previously it was only the added expense of the operation and did not count other costs, such as paychecks for U.S. sailors, airmen and other forces because they would have been deployed somewhere in the world anyway.

On Monday, however, officials said the number does include pay and other normal deployment costs.

The $608 million estimate shows a large drop from what the U.S. spent in the early days of the multinational operation that started March 19 — roughly $55 million a day in the first 10 days, then about $8.3 million a day in the seven that followed.

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The $608 million estimate shows a large drop from what the U.S. spent in the early days of the multinational operation that started March 19 — roughly $55 million a day in the first 10 days

Sat Mar 19, 7:41 pm ET
WASHINGTON – U.S. and British ships and submarines launched the first phase of a missile assault on Libyan air defenses, firing 112 Tomahawk cruise missiles Saturday at more than 20 coastal targets to clear the way for air patrols to ground Libya's air force
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110319/ap_on_re_us/us_us_libya_military

SamCogar wrote:SO, you are saying the bear deficated in the brush, huh?

Aaron wrote:So you are saying nation building and occupation are war. Interesting.