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Cost of the Iraq War
many brazillion dollars
breaks down as $14M/hour, $341M/day, $2.4B/week or $9.6B/month*
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It has been
days since the War started and
days since “Mission Accomplishe  ” was announced.
Casualties total US troops [ in combat] and 95,593–104,291 dead Iraqi civilians. Research estimates that 1.2-million Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion. There is H  pe and Change is HERE.
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US Military Casualties Of those, died AFTER
Mission Accomplished was announced on May 1, 2003. 
US OfficialWounded |
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*The Trade-Off... the $137.6B Cost of War in FY2007 would have provided: 40M People with Health Care -OR- 21M Scholarships for University Students -OR- 10,090 New Elementary Schools -OR- 61M Children with Health Care -OR- 19M Head Start Places for Children -OR- 2.2M Elementary School Teachers -OR- 2.4M Music and Arts Teachers -OR- 1M Affordable Housing Units -OR- 142M Homes with Renewable Electricity. So, Where Do Priorities Lie ? | |
might have left, but the hard work is ahead. It's time to recover from 8 years of failure.
