Cost of Wars Since 9/11

[wing2000]

After 18 years, I suggest we may want to reconsider our response to 9/11:

• Over 480,000 have died due to direct war violence, and several times as many indirectly
• Over 244,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting
• 21 million — the number of war refugees and displaced persons
• The US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $5.9 trillion dollars
• The US government is conducting counterterror activities in 80 countries
• The wars have been accompanied by violations of human rights and civil liberties, in the US and abroad

Costs of War

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

Not a bad yield for operation expending 19 men, some knives and payment for flying lessons. Very cost effective.

 

[Desk trauma]

After 18 years, I suggest we may want to reconsider our response to 9/11:

• Over 480,000 have died due to direct war violence, and several times as many indirectly
• Over 244,000 civilians have been killed as a result of the fighting
• 21 million — the number of war refugees and displaced persons
• The US federal price tag for the post-9/11 wars is over $5.9 trillion dollars
• The US government is conducting counterterror activities in 80 countries
• The wars have been accompanied by violations of human rights and civil liberties, in the US and abroad

Costs of War

The terrorists got exactly what they wanted.

 

[wing2000]

The terrorists got exactly what they wanted.

Indeed.

How long are we going to continue this madness? Or is weekly casualty counts going to be the new norm for the rest of our lives?

 

[Nithavela]

I want to congratulate the terrorists, and especially the september 11 attackers, for their comprehensive victory over the western world in general and the USA in particular.

 

[Kalevalatar]

The costs of the foreign ventures for the US taxpayer may be 6 trillion dollars and counting, but it is essentially a business investment that creates jobs for Americans. War is business and national security and warfare are big and profitable business. The $6 trillion is paid to someone and someone gets to pocket all that money, the likes of Lockheed Martin, Bechtel, Pratt & Whitney, General Dynamics, Raytheon. Of course, these companies and their wealthy shareholders pay it back, or at least, pay some of it back in taxes. Right?