The Democratic Party: Home Of Principled Opposition

Democrats on the committee noted that the supplemental budget contains $400 million to defray the costs of countries that have provided peacekeepers to Iraq, and complained that the administration has done too little to spread the financial burden of the Iraq war.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Americans were told before the war that U.S. allies would help cover the cost of the mission, now estimated to total about $250 billion. But almost two years after the invasion, the impact on the U.S. Treasury has been nothing like the 1991 Persian Gulf War, for which allies paid about 80% of the cost, Boxer said.

Posted by Eddie Tews at February 16, 2005 06:07 PM