June 4th- The Cost of the War in Iraq $174,414,335,568

[sintax]

The War in Iraq Costs

$174,414,335,568

See the cost in your community:


Compare to the cost of:

PRE-SCHOOL

KIDS' HEALTH

PUBLIC EDUCATION

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

PUBLIC HOUSING

WORLD HUNGER

AIDS EPIDEMIC

WORLD IMMUNIZATION

http://www.costofwar.com/

[oblivious]

1. I wonder if it will go down as the greatest mistake in modern history.

just wondering ... let's see how it plays out.

[sintax]

2. Not Mistake

Crime-Genocide



We have reported here in great detail on the voluminous evidence establishing that the endemic, systematic torture in Bush's gulag was created by the White House, sanctioned by Bush's appointed "legal experts" who ruled that as Commander-in-Chief, he is not constrained by laws against torture ­ or indeed, by any law whatsoever. Equally copious evidence establishes that Rumsfeld and selected Pentagon officials eagerly implemented the torture regimen ­ then systematically worked to block or limit investigations once the truth began leaking out. 

For example, one of the low-ranking "bad apples" finally convicted in the Afghan murders ­ after extended Pentagon coverups ­ was sentenced to just three months in jail by a military court this week, AP reports: three months for helping beat a chained, helpless man to death. The message Bush is sending to his shock troops in the gulag is clear: If by some freak chance your torture duties are uncovered, you will be gently removed from the scene with only nominal punishment ­ as long as you don't rat out your superiors, of course. 

The evidence of the Regime's culpability ­ for torture, for mass murder ­ is overwhelming. The burden of proof is no longer on Bush's accusers, but on those who would defend his evil actions. Yes, evil is the word. The Nuremberg Tribunal called aggressive war "essentially an evil thing." To initiate such a war ­ under any circumstances ­ "is not only an international crime," said the Tribunal, "it is the supreme international crime," because it carries all the others in its wake. It breaks down all barriers of law and morality, in states and in individuals, creating the necessary inner chaos ­ and physical opportunity ­ for the most abysmal perversions of human nature.

[oblivious]

3. I mean in the sense of taking down a great power.

As Afghanistan led to the end of the Soviet Union.

[Swede]

4. That is 174,000 million dollars.

What an astronomical number. This is criminal.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. A million per troop.

Interesting.

[sintax]

5. kick n/t

[BlueIris]

6. That's...so much worse than I had feared.

Thanks for that reality check, sin. I had just been wondering about that this morning and now that you've posted it: Ho. Ly. Shit.

[LuPeRcALiO]

7. meanwhile the extremely rich get extremely richer

So guess who's paying that $174,414,335,568.00?

Thanks chief!

[scarletlib]

8. New term to describe the billions and billions being

wasted on this illegal war of occupation: Sagan Dollars

Heard Paul Krugman use this term on Al Frankens show.

Most are familiar with Sagan's famous "Billions and billions"

So know we have spent approximately 177 Sagan dollars in Iraq and looks like we will be spending all of our Sagan dollars there until eventually we have nothing left.

[BlueIris]

10. Oh, man. That piece of reframing is NICE.

But also...

::puke::