[syndicate] Collateral Damage revisited

[Andrej Tisma]

> [Gaias-cafe](US) CODEPINK: 2000 Too Many -- $200 Billion Too Much! james m 
> nordlund  gaias-cafe asign gn.apc.org Sun, 23 Oct 2005 03:20:56 -0500 ...
> COUNTING THE COST OF WAR:. 2000 LIVES TOO MANY. $200 BILLION TOO MUCH. We 
> mourn  the tragic loss of life this war has brought us ...
> If the war costs between $100 billion and $200 billion, it would still be 
> ...  In a future conflict, many of these costs will be borne directly by 
> the United ...

Yes, you are right, about $100 billion direct damage, but do you count the 
indirect damage to production, agriculture, illness of hundreds of thousands 
of people because of stress, depleted uranium, poisons etc, loss of jobs, 
homelessness, refugees etc.
Andrej