Tuesday, February 19, 2008

$495 billion dollars spent on the Iraq War.

  • $275 million per day
  • $4,100 per household
  • Almost 4,000 U.S. soldiers killed and more than 60,000 wounded
  • 700,000 Iraqis killed and 4 million refugees

Source: http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar_home


And it's not only the money thing. It's how we are endangering the future of the world, sacrificing our safety, and ignoring not only our pre-war-existing domestic issues, but the issues and realities that this war is creating for far too many people.

Warning:


Graphic images depicting the harsh reality of the Human Costs of this war can be seen below. Click the images to view them in their original size.

Images are appearing courtesy of http://www.tryworks.org











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