Let’s line the zeros up, to get these enormous figures in perspective:
MONTHLY cost of the war------------------------------------------------$5,000,000,000
MONTHLY cost of the war------------------------------------------------$5,000,000,000
Cost of "War on Terrorism" to date---------------------------------------$300,000,000,000
USA’s original commitment to Pakistan earthquake----------------------$500,000
USA boosted aid commitment under pressure-------------$50,000,000
Recent pledge by USA for Pakistan earthquake relief--- $510,000,000
Original USA commitment to Tsunami relief--------------------------- $20,000,000
Later pledge by USA to Tsunami relief------------------ $350,000,000
What can one conclude from the above? Well, I remember one journalist wrote, "If our leaders were as generous in helping people as they are in killing them, no one would ever go hungry."
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