The Cost of the War on Terror

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Since the September 11 terror attacks in the United States, the U.S. has racked up costs of almost $6 trillion in its War on Terror. This is according to a new Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs analysis. Unlike official estimates from the Pentagon, the study takes into account not just Department of Defense costs, but also spending from across the federal government – past and obligated spending for war veterans’ care, for example.

The human cost of the wars in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq is also significant. The upper estimate for deaths caused directly by these conflicts (on all sides, civilian and military) is over 507 thousand. The lower estimate is hardly small, either, coming in at 480 thousand.

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Wautavious J Washington
Wautavious J Washington

Dat cant be true!! Dem peoples dat run de gooberment, dey all beez real smart. No way dey spend 6 trillion dollars an not make nuffin happen. Dat ol terror still be wit us. Dem ragheads still be rapin, robbin, blowin stuff up, and killin peoples. Some body out there lying about sumfing. Maybe dey really making war on somefing else, not terror.

splurge
splurge

Our wallets.

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diversity is our pay-per-view entertainment

5933b / 507236 ~ $11696 per death.

no wonder we’re going broke. government can even kill without massively overspending.

FXE
FXE

Actually $5,933 B / 507,236 = $1,169,725 per casualty! That’s why we are broke. Not a very cost effective way of doing business.

TC
TC

It’s been worth it because it has been all on behalf of our greatest ally, right?

Eyas
Eyas

On the plus side, we did get rid of that pesky thing that George Bush said they hated us for.

TC
TC

Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:

“If ‘they’ ever hated us for our freedoms, they outta love us now. The only people who hate us for our freedoms are democrats and republicans. Everyone else hates us for our democrats and republicans.” – TBP’s Gator

22winmag - PFC Frank reporting for duty
22winmag - PFC Frank reporting for duty

The minute you hear hear “War On…” you know it’s a racket.

Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease (El Coyote, EC, is also a disease).

wdg
wdg

First, Israel with the support and cover of a powerful and treasonous Jewish fifth column in the US that controls Congress and key US agencies such as Homeland Security did 9/11. The evidence is overwhelming including a smoking gun which is uncombusted nanothermite in dust from collapsed towers collected from the streets of New York on 9/11. Second, this was not a War on Terror but a War OF Terror funded and fought by Americans and people from NATO countries for the benefit of Rothschild’s Israel. These are crimes against humanity and the perpetrators, mostly Zionists and non-Jewish traitors occupying high positions in the US and other western nations, must be indicted for crimes against humanity and high treason and brought to justice. There will be no peace and prosperity in this world until Rothschilds’ Criminal Syndicate is exposed and destroyed.

Boat Guy
Boat Guy

War on poverty , drugs , terror , crime pick one pick all . The entire war on … is nothing but a line of government nonsense and bullshit creating jobs programs that bleed the taxpayers and rarely offer any tangiable results as per dollar spent .
What we do get is a series of agencies with bloated budgets manned by 20 year and out public self servants and a constant cry for more of our money for their continued dismal performance . We also are now in the process of being handed the bill for the $7 trillon dollar shortage in the government sponsored retirement programs from fed down to local level while private sector working peoples plans are vaporizing as unsecured debts . Obviously somebody cannot do even third grade math in government but they do know how to enforce confiscatory tax laws . Prepare for the final anal ramifications of government largess !

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