A thought on the Iraq War -- Kind of disturbing

[rpannier]

Iraq is at least costing about 10 billion dollars a month (depending on who you ask).

Using that estimate

That's roughly 330 million dollars a day

Which is about 4,000 dollars a second

In the time it took you to

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Read this post

We spent 60,000 dollars on the war

[Codedonkey]

1. Well, I guess this means we better learn to read faster in order to save money...

but yeah, that's a crazy amount of money that could be put to far better use.

[htuttle]

2. And we borrowed nearly every cent of it, so we'll have to pay the interest, too

Sorry, kids, grandkids....

[leftchick]

3. I heard 12 billion a month

:(

[wildbilln864]

4. Check out this clock....

notice the military expenditure.
:hi:

[rpannier]

5. Thanks

It's appreciated

[Orwellian_Ghost]

6. K&R n/t

[Ghost Dog]

7. What war?

Illegal invasion and occupation.

Not counting the consequences (yes, I mean on the "other" side) is morally repugnant as well as evidence of genocidal criminality.

There will be much more to pay.

k&r.

[stillcool]

8. War's so fine

there's no telling where the money went...