Monthly Review
06-30-2011, 09:54 PM
Putting together the conservative numbers of war dead, in uniform and out, brings the total to 225,000. . . . Millions of people have been displaced indefinitely and are living in grossly inadequate conditions. The current number of war refugees and displaced persons -- 7,800,000 -- is equivalent to all of the people of Connecticut and Kentucky fleeing their homes. . . . Conservatively estimated, the war bills already paid and obligated to be paid are $3.2 trillion in constant dollars. A more reasonable estimate puts the number at nearly $4 trillion.
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