The three trillion dollar war by Joseph Stiglitz

[Andre II]

What else and sensible one could have done with this money?



The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have grown to staggering proportions

The Bush Administration was wrong about the benefits of the war and it was wrong about the costs of the war. The president and his advisers expected a quick, inexpensive conflict. Instead, we have a war that is costing more than anyone could have imagined.

The cost of direct US military operations - not even including long-term costs such as taking care of wounded veterans - already exceeds the cost of the 12-year war in Vietnam and is more than double the cost of the Korean War.

And, even in the best case scenario, these costs are projected to be almost ten times the cost of the first Gulf War, almost a third more than the cost of the Vietnam War, and twice that of the First World War.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article3419840.ece

So many lives spoiled.
So much money wasted.
:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Karenina]

1. IMPEACH. INDICT. IMPRISON. NOW.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

2. Don't worry it's going to be paid for with our oil from under

their sand.

[Andre II]

3. Yes

Taxpayers pay a war.
Soldiers die in the war.
More than a million Iraqis die in the war.
And the profit goes back to whom .... exacty.
Welcome to the Shock Doctrine.

[roamer65]

4. 3 trillion is just the start.

The Federal Reserve will have to create trillions more to pay for these crimes. Hyperinflation is coming to America, just as did to post-WW1 Germany.