Pubdate: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 Source: Houston Chronicle (TX) Copyright: 2002 Houston Chronicle Publishing Company Division, Hearst Newspaper Contact: http://www.chron.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/198 Author: David M. Nobles FACTS IN SPEECH STARTLING In his Jan. 29 State of the Union speech, President Bush startled the nation by disclosing that the war against terrorism has cost $1 billion per month over the past few months, and then tried to comfort us by listing the successes this money has funded. Our war against drugs has cost us over $1.5 billion per month and has been waged continuously since the 1980s. What list of successes can comfort us there? David M. Nobles, Houston - --- MAP posted-by: Jackl