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sintax Donating Member (891 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 02:05 PM
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Cost of Iraq War August 2nd- $184,856,000,917
www.costofwar.com
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 02:06 PM
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1. you forgot about poland.
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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 02:15 PM
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2. Here's a site that gives you two for the price of one
Nah, no price. But it does give you a constantly moving ticker showing the cost of the war and it also gives you a countdown 'till the murderous traitor is out of office.

http://www.bushfreecountdown.com/index.php

The ticker mesmerizes me, it moves so fast. :wow:
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cliss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 02:45 PM
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3. Here are some other figures for you -
If we take the total spent in Iraq, around $184 billion and divide them by the number of US troops in Iraq:

$184,856,000,916/50,000 = $3,697,120 is what we're spending per troop. Now think about how much these brave young men are getting. About $250.00 per month for combat pay.

Now, let's divide the total amount by the number of dead Iraqis:

$184,856,000,916/100,000 = $1,848,560. That's how much we had to spend to kill each and every Iraqi. Kinda spendy, huh?

Next, let's take a look at the prisoners in Abu Ghraib and other prisons (I'm estimating here at about 10,000):

$184,856,000,916/10,000 = $18,485,600. That's a helluva lot of money to incarcerate people and torture them.
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