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Offline rangerrebew

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Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report
« on: March 21, 2023, 11:20:43 am »
Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report
By Meghann Myers
 Friday, Mar 17

 
The U.S. military is about to surpass 20 years since invading Iraq, a war that has cost more than 550,000 lives, and nearly $1.8 trillion, according to a report released Wednesday.

The Costs of War project predicted the dollar amount will swell to $2.89 trillion by 2050, when factoring in the cost of caring for veterans of the Iraq war, and subsequent operations in Iraq and Syria to counter ISIS.


“The Bush administration was convinced and assured the American people and the world that the war would have few casualties of all kinds — civilian and military — and would lead to quick victory,” instead of stretching for years, said Neta C. Crawford, the project’s co-director, in a statement on the ongoing research effort from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/03/17/wars-in-iraq-and-syria-cost-half-a-million-lives-nearly-3t-report/
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Re: Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2023, 11:39:44 am »
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Where's the oil that Ol' Man Cheney promised to Haliburton?  We didn't liberate the Iraqi's to build Disney World Baghdad.
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Re: Wars in Iraq and Syria cost half a million lives, nearly $3T: report
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2023, 01:50:16 pm »
As I remember, opponents of the Ukraine war recently argued that the $100B we've spent or pledged to Ukraine is twice as much as we spent in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nice to see that argument blown to bits.
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