How long does it take Bush to piss away $92 million in Iraq?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28392062.htm

Hunger could kill 300,000 children in W.Africa -UN

DAKAR, March 28 (Reuters) - Hunger will kill more than 300,000 children in West Africa this year if donor nations fail to stump up enough money to provide food aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

The world body said it needed $92 million to help feed over five million people -- many of them women and children -- at risk of malnutrition in four countries bordering the Sahara desert: Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso and Mauritania.

"This year malnutrition will be the cause of death for more than 300,000 children in the Sahel region if the necessary measures are not taken in time," said Theophane Nikyema, deputy director in West Africa for the U.N. children's agency UNICEF.

"We know what must be done, but we need the resources to do so immediately," he said.

[Cleetus]

1. 11.08 hours

We're spending 200 million a day over there, which translates into roughly $8,333,333.00 an hour. We spend 92 million dollars in Iraq in 11.08 hours.

[unblock]

2. can hungry babies be used to make oil?

if not, then the banana republicans aren't interested.

[Faygo Kid]

3. A week? Thanks for reminding us. I can't fathom these numbers.

Our nation, and the world, has been irreparably damaged by these criminals. You hardly ever hear of the financial cost of this immoral war, because so much else comes to the forefront. Yet, the cost should be part of our argument. For the reason you cite above; for all those without healthcare or hope; for the students, children and seniors that need and deserve our tax dollars. Like many here, I am overwhelmed by the evil we - the USA - has wrought. Forgive my despair, but thanks for the perspective.

[zbdent]

4. Ed Schultz did the math - the "emergency spending" bill lasts to

just before the 2006 elections . . . so that the Repukes can claim that the Dems are soft on the war on terror by opposing it (actually, the "blank check" aspect of the funding, but that won't matter to those who think that Rush Limbaugh is being honest . . .)