Four Years Later

Today is the fourth "anniversary" of the Iraqi War and there isn't much I can say about the Iraqi war that hasn't already been said. So, here are some numbers to make your stomach turn. Also, I have recently added a "widget" to TFTH on the right hand side that shows how much money isn't going toward schools, hospitals, seniors, health care and their own war veterans.

• The War Costs $1.9 Billion a week
• The War Costs $275 Million a day (That's every day people)
• 41 cents of every dollar earmarked for reconstruction goes to the Iraqi police and military
• 3 cents goes to "democracy building"

What they said it would cost:

• Sept 2002: "$100 - $200 Billion" (White House economic advisor Lawrence Lindsey (Fired three months later))
• October 2002: "The cost of one bullet" (White House Spokesman Ari Fleischer)
• February 2003: "Highly Uncertain" (Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz)
• March 2003: "We'll let you know" (George W. Bush)
• March 2003: "Not Knowable" (Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (Before asking congress for 62 billion two days later))

Source: Mother Jones

And the number that really makes you want to gag:

Number of Dead: 59,000 to 65, 000