1,858 Americans killed.13,877 Wounded.26,705 civilians dead.Gas $2.589/gal

[Ian David]

1,858 Americans killed, 13, 877 Wounded. 26,705 Iraqi civilians have been killed. Average gas price $2.589/gallon.

The war has cost $118,117,291. That's enough to feed the entire world for 7 years or house 1,693,820 homeless families.

Specialist Joshua P. Dingler, Age 19, from Hiram, GA. Killed 8/15/05 by accidental drowning in Iraq.

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[mike_c]

1. I'm sorry, but I find juxtaposing gas prices with shattered and wasted...

...lives offensive. No doubt that's intentional, but I still think oil is not worth the cost in human lives that we're paying in order to maintain-- unsuccessfully and at enormous cost-- strategic control of the oil producing ME.

on edit-- the benefits paid to the widows and the maimed survivors of the war against Iraq should be paid for by a special tax on gasoline, so that when gas hits $5.00 and more per gallon, consumers would know the real cost of subsidising oil wars.

[TahitiNut]

2. It's a sick reality of our times that ...

... there's a stronger correlation between gasoline prices and presidential disapproval than anything else, including military casualites and war spending. That's how addicts react!

[Ian David]

3. Of course it's not worth the cost of human lives. That's my point. n/t

[senseandsensibility]

4. I understand what you're saying , I think.

We've paid an obscene price in human lives for NOTHING. That is the pure horror of it. These thousands of humans have died, and we don't have democracy in Iraq, we're not safer, and, just to show how incredibly wrongheaded this policy is, we don't have easier access to oil. We have NOTHING. The working people of this country have sacrificed, too. Because of the cost of this war, we will not have health care, a good educational system, or a secure retirement. These things matter as well, and they affect MILLIONS of poor and middle class people. This entire invasion has drained our treasury, killed thousands, and set us up for years of suffering by everyone that is not independently wealthy. And no one gained. No one except Halliburton.