Iraq: That Expensive Hellhole of Genocide

Gen. George, “One-Eyed” Monster, the Pious Bastard Blair, Iraqi Genocide, Human and Monetary Costs

The three trillion dollar war: The cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts have grown to staggering proportions ~ Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes

“The only war in our history which cost more was the Second World War, when 16.3 million U.S. troops fought in a campaign lasting four years, at a total cost (in 2007 dollars, after adjusting for inflation) of about $5 trillion (that’s $5 million million, or £2.5 million million). With virtually the entire armed forces committed to fighting the Germans and Japanese, the cost per troop (in today’s dollars) was less than $100,000 in 2007 dollars. By contrast, the Iraq war is costing upward of $400,000 per troop.”

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“As the fifth year of the war draws to a close, operating costs (spending on the war itself, what you might call “running expenses”) for 2008 are projected to exceed $12.5 billion a month for Iraq alone, up from $4.4 billion in 2003, and with Afghanistan the total is $16 billion a month. Sixteen billion dollars is equal to the annual budget of the United Nations, or of all but 13 of the US states. Even so, it does not include the $500 billion we already spend per year on the regular expenses of the Defense Department. Nor does it include other hidden expenditures, such as intelligence gathering, or funds mixed in with the budgets of other departments.” (Source)

War On Iraq: The Costs

• Number of Iraqis Committed to Genocide Since the U.S. Invasion in 2003: 1,201,597 (April 23, 2008 )

• Number of Iraqis wounded: UNKNOWN

• Number of U.S. Military Personnel Used as Cannon Fodder (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,050
• As above, but in Afghanistan : 494

• Other Coalition Troops deaths: 309

• Number of foreign mercenaries killed and wounded in Iraq: UNKNOWN

• Total US Iraq War Casualties Plus Soldiers Evacuated: 65,137 ( as of 2/29/08 )
  

• Number of US troops suffering brain injuries from Iraq and Afghanistan wars: 320,000

• Direct Cost of the War And Occupation Of Iraq: $513,962,467,113
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• Total Cost of US War On Iraq: $3,000,000,000,000 (three million million dollars)

Related Links:

• The three trillion dollar war
• Pelosi Wants ‘Rwanda-Like Genocide’ in Iraq, Expert Says
• 2 million+ deaths in Iraqi Holocaust, Genocide
• Another genocidal murderer in the making: Hillary Clinton threatens to obliterate Iran
• The Three Trillion Dollar War (Video report)

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