TheNoNamedOne
06-25-2007, 08:37 PM
We will lose the Iraq war due to growing discontent and unpopularity of the war. The home front is where it will be lost -- but we may face an even larger loss in terms of prestige, influence, and economic health because of the costs incurred from playing into the hands of those who pushed the buttons that caused us to engage them -- i.e. militant Islamics.
A weaker economy will mean smaller funds parsed out to military and intelligence agencies, and that in turn will make it even harder to fight the coming clash with Islamic forces with less recourses earmarked for future battles. In short, we are not managing our finances and they are warring not only against our men and women on the battlefield, but more deftly against our ledgers.
The costs of the war are just staggering. As of now it has reached $437,752,915,293.
But, if we were to stop fighting right now, there would still be the matter of caring for the families of the dead and wounded.
800 have lost arms, legs, fingers, toes
100 + are blind
Dozens are being kept alive on tubes and machines
100s have burn disfigurments
1000s have brain injuries
1000s have psychological disorders
The total figure is estimated between 35,000~53,000 injured in some way or other.
The costs of taking care of these injuries and supporting the families will go on for the lifetime of many of these men and women. I have to wonder if Bush and Gang calculated these costs into the costs they thought the war would ultimately be. I don't think they have. Perhaps they weren't expecting so many injured, not understanding the modern capability of saving lives on the battlefield, where just a few decades ago many with the same injuries would have died.
The cost for life time care of these vets is estimated to be $250~$650 billion dollars. Iraqi guerilla insurgents, if having read some words from the victors in Vietnam, should be elated for an injured soldier more so than a dead one. It will lead them to ultimate victory and a weakened U.S. much sooner.
A weaker economy will mean smaller funds parsed out to military and intelligence agencies, and that in turn will make it even harder to fight the coming clash with Islamic forces with less recourses earmarked for future battles. In short, we are not managing our finances and they are warring not only against our men and women on the battlefield, but more deftly against our ledgers.
The costs of the war are just staggering. As of now it has reached $437,752,915,293.
But, if we were to stop fighting right now, there would still be the matter of caring for the families of the dead and wounded.
800 have lost arms, legs, fingers, toes
100 + are blind
Dozens are being kept alive on tubes and machines
100s have burn disfigurments
1000s have brain injuries
1000s have psychological disorders
The total figure is estimated between 35,000~53,000 injured in some way or other.
The costs of taking care of these injuries and supporting the families will go on for the lifetime of many of these men and women. I have to wonder if Bush and Gang calculated these costs into the costs they thought the war would ultimately be. I don't think they have. Perhaps they weren't expecting so many injured, not understanding the modern capability of saving lives on the battlefield, where just a few decades ago many with the same injuries would have died.
The cost for life time care of these vets is estimated to be $250~$650 billion dollars. Iraqi guerilla insurgents, if having read some words from the victors in Vietnam, should be elated for an injured soldier more so than a dead one. It will lead them to ultimate victory and a weakened U.S. much sooner.