Do you know how much the Iraq and Afghan wars have cost us to date? Find out here…

22. October 2009 by admin.

It’s easy with all of the domestic trouble we are experiencing to forget about the wars that are continuing now for many years in Iraq and Afghanistan and the many lives—combatants and civilians—that have been lost because of the need to control natural resources (and if you believe that the wars the U.S. is waging truly have anything to do with ending Terrorism, perhaps you’d be interested in joining the Richard Cheney Fan Club) in foreign lands.

But we must not forget that our government in the United States is conducting these wars with more than 50% of the U.S. population in strong opposition.  This opposition continues to exist despite the need for many Americans to focus on their economic survival and preserving the health and well-being of their families.

There’s a site that monitors the ongoing cost of the wars to the U.S. citizenry—appropriate since it is the citizens of the U.S. who pay for the bulk of the wars.  The site is CostofWar.com.

Here’s a snapshot of the ever-increasing war costs in dollars:

Take a long look at these numbers  and think about how much better this money could be spent on food and healthcare for poor families, particularly poor American children—60,000,000+ children are considered ‘food insecure’, either not having enough food to maintain baseline health, or severely undernourished.  We could alternatively provide healthcare to all Americans with that money.

Keep in mind, this is not the military budget per se, so getting rid of these costs would not impact our ability to defend the United States…

Posted in Uncategorized | Print | 1 Comment »