Six years ago the lights went out in Iraq

Bush invaded Iraq six years ago today.From ICasualties.org:

U.S. Confirmed Deaths
Reported Deaths: 4259
Confirmed Deaths: 4258
Pending Confirmation: 1
DoD Confirmation List

From Just Foreign Policy.org

My video from last years disgusting anniversary.

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Cost of the Iraq War

A hug and a hat tip to Omnipotent Poobah for the 411 on this site and video.

From FlowingData.com:

In the time that it takes you to watch this movie, the US government will have spent $500,000 towards the war in Iraq. At least that’s what this Atari-sounding clip says. Watch as millions of dollars are put into perspective – 84 brand new schools, a flag pin for every man, woman, and child in America, and a hummer plus 10 years of gas.

One improvement that immediately came to mind was to show what could be purchased over time instead of what you could buy with the money over various time frames. Then the time series would make more sense, and one could show the sum over the span of the movie.

Crossposted at LeftWing Nutjob.

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The Cost of War in Iraq

I thought I would take a look at the local cost of the War in Iraq.  The National Priorities Project has a page where you can get the costs as it pertains to your locality. Taxpayers in California’s Congressional District 36 (Harman) will pay $1.3 billion for total Iraq war spending approved to date. For the same amount of money, the following services could have been provided:

• 550,963 People with Health Care for One Year OR
• 2,385,106 Homes with Renewable Electricity for One Year OR
• 23,915 Public Safety Officers for One year OR
• 18,911 Music and Arts Teachers for One Year OR
• 201,177 Scholarships for University Students for One Year OR
• 4,007 Affordable Housing Units OR
• 500,391 Children with Health Care for One Year OR
• 160,123 Head Start Places for Children for One Year OR
• 19,226 Elementary School Teachers for One Year OR
• 16,907 Port Container Inspectors for One year

I am rendered speechless. We need to bring all our resources home:  our soldiers, who don’t deserve the horrors they’ve been handed; and our tax dollars so we can repair the soul of our nation by providing the services we lose daily  due to Bush’s arrogance.

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