Comments on: The economic consequences of the (Iraq) war/2008/02/29/the-economic-consequences-of-the-iraq-war/Andrew Curry's blog on futures, trends, emerging issues and scenariosThu, 23 Jul 2009 18:21:20 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Dawood Mamedoff/2008/02/29/the-economic-consequences-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-2427Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:21:20 +0000/?p=333#comment-2427This war is the second most expensive for U.S. after the World War II. Here I’ve tried to summarize all costs of the Iraq war for Americans:

http://www.myhowtoos.com/en/red-hot/86-all-costs-of-war-in-iraq-for-usa

]]>By: America’s 2025 « thenextwave/2008/02/29/the-economic-consequences-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-2198Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:11:59 +0000/?p=333#comment-2198[…] for a New American Century which animated so many of Bush’s advisers, and which met an expensive and bloody end in Iraq. PNAC believed that it was essential to build up US military strength so as […]

]]>By: OlivierPrevot/2008/02/29/the-economic-consequences-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-1896Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:23:23 +0000/?p=333#comment-1896related to the fact that US kids will have to pay back China.
The US Census data shows that, just in terms of trade, the US debt went from 6million dollars in 1985, to 103billion in 2002, to 256billion in 2007. Today, it is estimated that this debt is growing at a reasonable 25million a month. of course, these figures exclude any financial debt.

]]>By: pithypryor/2008/02/29/the-economic-consequences-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-1878Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:49:49 +0000/?p=333#comment-1878Another question I have right now: is Bush’s economic stimulus package rellay going to work? If everyone thinks that we can spend our way out of a recession that would be ridiculous. The ones who made it during the Depression were teh ones who had saved money and could buy goods when everyone was selling.

]]>By: pithypryor/2008/02/29/the-economic-consequences-of-the-iraq-war/#comment-1877Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:47:24 +0000/?p=333#comment-1877This is a great article and I was thinking this exact thought the other day. If we are spending so much on the “Global War” why is our economy so deflated rigtht now?

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