Costs of the iraq war

[Bart]

In figures

$16bn
The amount the US spends on the monthly running costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - on top of regular defence spending

$138
The amount paid by every US household every month towards the current operating costs of the war

$19.3bn
The amount Halliburton has received in single-source contracts for work in Iraq

$25bn
The annual cost to the US of the rising price of oil, itself a consequence of the war

$3 trillion
A conservative estimate of the true cost - to America alone - of Bush's Iraq adventure. The rest of the world, including Britain, will shoulder about the same amount again

$5bn
Cost of 10 days' fighting in Iraq

$1 trillion
The interest America will have paid by 2017 on the money borrowed to finance the war

3%
The average drop in income of 13 African countries - a direct result of the rise in oil prices. This drop has more than offset the recent increase in foreign aid to Africa

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/28/iraq.afghanistan

Really sad and disturbing how much money is wasted for nothing in a war that only few dumb ppl (in words: Bush and Rumsfeld) started, just to please american firms (especially Bushs oil companies).

Just imagine what else you could have done with such an amount of money. The government could have spent it into social programs and campaigns.

There are so many interesting points mentioned in the articel, it's really worth to look at.

"the troops, for understandable reasons, are made responsible for their equipment. You lose your helmet, you have to pay. If you get blown up and you lose your helmet, they still bill you." One soldier was sued for $12,000 even though he had suffered massive brain damage. Some families have had to buy their children body armour, saving the government costs in the short term;"

 

[BRaiNRaiN]

I'm so glad I don't live in the US

 

[deadly]

Hmm, looks like 1 week work tbh.

 

[pykenike]

it's nothing, cause the cause the dollar is worth nothing nowadays