My point is that budget considerations dont exist in a vacuum and concerns over costs (even inflated as yours were) are, IMO, a weak argument to oppose a limited US role in protecting civilians from a despot intent on massacre, if not prevented...and if you so concerned about the costs, they are easily offset by reaching into the pockets of defense tax dodgers.
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One week after an international military coalition intervened in Libya, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon...
...The cost of operating the no-fly zone over Libya alone could cost the U.S. an estimated $30 million to $100 million a week, a study by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments found.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/libya...ry?id=13242136
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This morning, the good ladies of Fox News, Palin and Van Susteren, wildly exaggerated the cost, putting it at $600 million/day