GOOD: The Hidden Cost of War
February 6, 2010 by
Filed under Iraq War
good.is In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is over 10 times that figure. So what’s behind the ballooning dollar signs? Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme’s exhaustedly researched book, “The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict,” breaks down the price tag, from current debts to the unseen costs we’ll pay for years to come.
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@nalgaface123456789, so you’re saying that 9/11 was justified because we trade with other countries? We don’t just ruthlessly strip natural resources from countries that are less powerful than us. We give materials to them in exchange for their natural resources, and in the end both parties have increased their standard of living. If you understood the concept of trade you would know that.
Are you seriously lacking a cerebral cortex?
First of all there are no terrorists
its all a sham, the so called terrorists are just people that are defending their homes and families or seeking revenge for the death of their innocent family members, they know that we went there for their natural resources.
We have been exploiting and stripping natural resources from every weak country since the Industrial Revolution, it fuels industry which fuels capitalism which fuels greed
credulous idiot
not anymore
Nixon took that away
the value of dollar is based wholly on faith
why do you think we are in this situation?
@gwho A fake terrorist war? Please explain how its fake.
to print money you need gold thats in equivalent in the price.
doesn’t matter anyways U.S will still owe all this interest to the other countries.
solution? create/inflate/print more money, destroy the dollar and the current reserve currency status, and instate a world currency eventually with a stepping stone of the “Amero”
All planned, instigated, covered up, and executed, from the beginning by yours truly, New World Orderists, aka secret societies / Papacy
the true terrorists are the CIA, NSA, FBI.
u dont need to chose between fighting a fake terrorist war and someting else.
IF, if if
this terrorist threat is actually a hoax, then you would prefer the others, right?
as for myself, i don’t want any of the above, and keep that money in the people’s pockets, which is the best allocation, and at the same time reduce the risk of mismanagement and government power abuse.
I hate this fucking guy. Such a laborious effort to express the most simplistic take on everything. What a fucking dick.
Well I’d much rather that money be spent on fighting terrorists than, say, building dog parks, funding catfish genetics research, or other “job saving/creating” stimulus “projects.”
Future wars should just be fought in Modern Warfare 2. That way there will never be peace, but it’ll make the war a lot more fun.
people choose their own demons, whatever is most convenient or whatever serves their agenda, and close their eyes to the obvious.
A great documentary ( and free download ) is called ” The Corporation ” its a must see.
The 2% that own 80% of everything. that’s who.
We have money for the wars but no money to feed the poor…
buddies, buddies, a war with a barbaric Afghanistan and a loser Iraq make the us look so bad, do you think they gonna wage a war against Russia or China? of course they would if another bush is in the chair!
Fabled Enemies watch and learn
do you realize that is more than enough money to feed everyone in this world for a lot of time?
free vacations for everyone
oh i’m sorry we are on an economical crisis….
i think a pc with call of duty will be far more efficient.. but that’s just me.
@illwillpwn religion is a factor as well though… its still a taboo subject isnt it
American taxpayers money at work.*facepalm*.
Can you wrecked imbecile cite where I said something about grammar?
Wow. You got me grammar bot…Although the problem here was that my comment WAS grammatically correct. Asshole.
No, nobody was responsible for 9/11 other than some pissed off Muslims. The only reason they are pissed off is because the United states barged into their country, created even more chaos than there was, and stoile their oil…(not justifying the actions of the terrorists in any way but still…)
Can we say an appeal to emotion?
Capitalism, combined with Democracy, and democracry is a like a rotten possum filled with worms, and these worms are called bureaucratic and corruption.
Brings to these situations we see in a modern world, that should be investing in education, researches and health.
But no…let’s spend on bullets,oil,cars,tanks,speculation and consummation.
I just hope we can survive trough this dark path nature is sending us, I hope this modern civilization, will be seen as barbaric, just like Middle Age.