$500 BILLION Spent in Iraq So Far
That's a lot of money, though I guess killing people costs a lot of money.
Assuming we've killed (directly and indirectly) 500,000 people (a mid-range estimate), that is 1 million dollars per dead person.
Since the 500,000 is undoubtedly far less than half "bad guys" (guys trying to kill our troops), the cost could easily go up to 3 million per dead "bad guy". That doesn't sound like a good bargain to me, particularly since things are only getting worse in Iraq. 500 biillion has been essentially flushed down the toilet (i.e. into the hands of defense contractors and bankers).
The 500 billion figure comes from NPR's Marketplace show, who could not even be bothered to point out the number of people that we've killed in Iraq. Instead, they had the gall to compare Iraq to WWII, and call Iraq a "bargain" by comparison, since they say WWII cost 5 trillion.
I hate the fucking media.
Assuming we've killed (directly and indirectly) 500,000 people (a mid-range estimate), that is 1 million dollars per dead person.
Since the 500,000 is undoubtedly far less than half "bad guys" (guys trying to kill our troops), the cost could easily go up to 3 million per dead "bad guy". That doesn't sound like a good bargain to me, particularly since things are only getting worse in Iraq. 500 biillion has been essentially flushed down the toilet (i.e. into the hands of defense contractors and bankers).
The 500 billion figure comes from NPR's Marketplace show, who could not even be bothered to point out the number of people that we've killed in Iraq. Instead, they had the gall to compare Iraq to WWII, and call Iraq a "bargain" by comparison, since they say WWII cost 5 trillion.
I hate the fucking media.
posted by spooked at 7:02 AM
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And I'm sure the media thinks highly of you, as well.
bad guys?
as if we would be told the truth by NPR?
or that NPR would be told the truth?
or that bush is even told the truth?
i'm sure that the cost of destroying iraq has far exceeded $500 billion.
Just to put that figure in perspective, One new house costs $200 thousand.
5 new houses costs $1 million
5 thousand new houses costs $1 billion
5 hundred thousand new houses costs $100 billion
2.5 million new houses costs $500 billion.
Bush is squandering our resources and murdering our men and women in uniform to benefit a few of his criminal buddies.
Fred
"Bush is squandering our resources and murdering our men and women in uniform to benefit a few of his criminal buddies."
Fred is jacking off into his milkshake and murdering millions of little sperm to benefit his own sick personal gratification.
!ConspiracySmasher!
oh well done @2:50 - well done!
has anyone figured out why there were actually no raging infernos at either wtc yet both wtc entirely disintegrated in only 10 seconds each?
That wouldn't be Bukkake Terrence, the Phony Conspiracy Smasher with his gay teen fantasies, would it?
phony conspiracy smasher bukkake terrence @2:50?
no doubt!
new and improved real conspiracy smasher @3:49
Your death toll is off by about a factor of 10.
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
High side, about 69,000.
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