COSTS OF WAR ....

US$ 1,024,366,950,540  One trillion, twenty four billion, three hundred sixty six million, nine hundred fifty thousand, five hundred and fourty dollars and counting....!!!!!*
Uff, even writting the number that's a hard job. What is that for ?
This is the number representing the estimated  cost of war Against Terror started in 2001 till today,  ( ie Irak and Afganisthan ).  Do you remember it ?
For what, shall we ask ? Do you know ? Under a simple statistics analysis as a trade off, we could say, all this money would pay in US:

     161,677,766 People Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year OR

 15,851,218 Police or Sheriff's Patrol Officers for One Year OR

 18,317,348 Firefighters for One Year OR

 132,716,897 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR

 188,536,667 Students receiving Pell Grants of $5550 OR

 395,755,864 Children Receiving Low-Income Healthcare for One Year

OR under a global perpsective, far bigger that the yearly GDP of countries** such as;


Australia or South Korea or Netherlands or if you prefer  Switzerland, Austria and Sweden together ! Impresive... What could we say if this money was applied to fight poverty and health or even science ?

Who benefits from this? In thesis, all the Bush's, Cheney's & pals of this life. But it was really so, I doubt it.  What I'm sure is all americans lost and as a domino everybody else across globe.
Irak is nowadays far worse ( in every perpsective ), than it was under Saddam Hussein's govnerment. Afganisthan, no comments needed .... 


Under a managerial perpective, all these actions were and still are, a total disaster and complete faillure!  

As a balance, US managed to concentrate the hatred and comtempt of the large majority of countries worlwide, and a debt that is taking US ( steadly ) to the Bankrupcy. If it wasn't the "creative accounting"  during recent years, they certainly would be under Chapter 11 protection since sometime ago. 
What can Obama do? Not much. Probably create a special programm for americans migration towards South. Who know's? Might be Mexicans accept you, as a trade off.




* Data from Costofwar.com
** Data from IMF 2009 figures.