The Cost of War

The Iraq War, which was supposed to cost just a few billion dollars and be paid for with Iraq's oil revenue -- is now on track to top $1.2 trillion.

The amount is so hard to get a grip on that the New York Times has pointed out what all $1.2 trillion could buy -- including all of these items with money to spare:

• Doubling cancer research for 10 years
• Treatment of every American with diabetes & heart disease
• A global immunization program of all the world's children
• Universal pre-school for every American child
• Rebuilding New Orleans
• Implementing all the 9/11 Commission reccomendations
• Screening for nukes smuggled into the US
• Expansion of military forces in Afghanistan
• A peacekeeping force to stop the Darfur genocide

Hey, you get what you pay for. (NYT)