$18.1 billion, my eye

If your country is going to go to war, sometimes it’s nice to be an American. At least American citizens, through their congress, are able to learn just how much their wars cost. A parliament is not a good instrument for keeping tabs on war costs; even less so when it is a parliament controlled by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.

If your country is going to go to war, sometimes it’s nice to be an American. At least American citizens, through their congress, are able to learn just how much their wars cost. A parliament is not a good instrument for keeping tabs on war costs; even less so when it is a parliament controlled by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.

Discuss.