Archive for the “war” category

Iraq War – 5 Years Later

by Duncan on March 19, 2008

photo by nukeit1 [New York Times Timeline]

Cost of the Iraq War by the numbers <- boggles mind

by Duncan on September 27, 2007

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What does $456 billion buy? – The cost of the Iraq War

by Duncan on May 8, 2007

“According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally by 2015, while $30 billion would provide a year of primary education for every child on earth. At the upper range of those estimates, the $456 billion cost of the war could have fed and educated the world’s poor for (…)

Iraq War – 4 Years Later

by Duncan on March 20, 2007

photo by nukeit1 I was in the streets four years ago with millions of others in opposition to this war of choice. Today, Iraq is in chaos and roughly 60000 – 65000 people are dead. Everyone knew this was going to be a giant mistake right from the beginning. Excerpt from my blog four years (…)

Picking Up the Pieces – New York Times op/ed

by Duncan on January 14, 2007

photo by tj scenes I love reading the New York Times on a lazy sunday. I thought the following op/ed was so bang on that I had to re-blog it. It was surreal how disconnected President Bush was the other night, both from Iraq’s horrifying reality and America’s anguish over this unnecessary, mismanaged and now (…)