Bush's $3 trillion war

[lefty_mcduff]

Not sure if this has been posted before, but certainly worth a read

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/28/iraq.afghanistan">Bush's $3 trillion war

Reader's Digest Version -

$16bn
The amount the US spends on the monthly running costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - on top of regular defence spending

$138
The amount paid by every US household every month towards the current operating costs of the war

$19.3bn
The amount Halliburton has received in single-source contracts for work in Iraq

$25bn
The annual cost to the US of the rising price of oil, itself a consequence of the war

$3 trillion
A conservative estimate of the true cost - to America alone - of Bush's Iraq adventure. The rest of the world, including Britain, will shoulder about the same amount again

$5bn
Cost of 10 days' fighting in Iraq

$1 trillion
The interest America will have paid by 2017 on the money borrowed to finance the war

3%
The average drop in income of 13 African countries - a direct result of the rise in oil prices. This drop has more than offset the recent increase in foreign aid to Africa

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/28/iraq.afghanistan">Much More

[Richard D]

1. And . . .

. . . it's a stack of 100 dollar bills that will reach nearly to the moon.