The Hidden Cost of War

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In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is more than 10 times that estimate. So what's behind the ballooning figures? Joseph E. Stiglitz and Linda J. Bilme's exhaustively researched book, The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict, breaks down the price tag, from current debts to the unseen costs we'll pay for many years to come.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: September 30, 2008 at 6:31 am
Author: Chewbacca2000

Length: 00:02:40
Rating: 4.89
Views: 17558

Tags: Iraq War Three Trillion Dollars Donald Rumsfeld Neo Cons

Video Comments:
BeanGene (December 29, 2008 at 1:51 am)
"The only way to smash this racket is to conscript capital and industry and labor before the nations manhood can be conscripted. Let the officers and the directors and the high-powered executives of our armament factories and our munitions makers and our shipbuilders and our airplane builders and the manufacturers of all the other things that provide profit in war time as well as the bankers and the speculators, be conscripted; to get the same wage as the lads in the trenches." ~War is a Racket
cdltpx (December 9, 2008 at 3:08 pm)
Pessimism is the most expensive thing in the world. Ask me this war is a direct result of the R party pushing on in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Had the impeachment never occurred (Carbon neutral) Gore would have won and Iraq would have never been an option we would have reduced foreign oil use and beat them that way. Uncovering a BJ 3 trillion$ what crime fighters they were. If the R party had any vision they wouldn't have to stoop to such lows R party you will never get my vote ever!
nickothompson (December 15, 2008 at 9:27 am)
that is a lot of speculation, after all, your not a fortune teller are you? The war a direct result of Monica Lewinsky? I don't think so. The war is a direct result or a country perusing the 4 trillion dollars worth of oil reserves in IRAQ! Greedy corporations like haliburton, receiving government contracts that they didn't have to bid on to get. Weapons contractors, etc. They all make a lot of money when we go to war, WAR IS MONEY, money for the Rich, funded by the poor (we foot the bill)
cdltpx (December 16, 2008 at 5:42 pm)
If you recall the election between W and Gore was so close that they had to go to the supreme court to decide the election. We didn't know the winner for quite some time. A lot of voters I talked to said they were going to restore order and respect to the presidency. Boy were they off by a want to be dictator.
jeanwana (December 9, 2008 at 1:31 pm)
stupid humans
jaejunha (December 5, 2008 at 6:19 am)
very informative, thxschewbacca200 for uploading
princemattofcoronado (November 29, 2008 at 7:43 pm)
Enough with all the mudslinging. If you want to state your opinion, do it in a dignified fashion. State facts that support your opinion instead of insulting all who disagree. Try making a video like this.
jackd113113 (October 21, 2008 at 1:24 am)
GAME OVER !LOL!
karhu1913 (December 2, 2008 at 12:11 pm)
Game over man! game over! what a f*** are we going to do now!
countesscristo (October 17, 2008 at 11:41 am)
that 'pede' is insane,a paedophile he has a picture of that Josef paedo who kept his daughter locked up. He is trying to turn yt into a paedo outfit. He is sick.
The EU- has destroyed the English fisheries,and will destroy others,will destroy farming culture,and make sure each European nation remains dependant on a 'global economy'. What could be sicker than that. To say EU stinks of commumism is an understatement. It will fail the people,but not the elite. Quite so,as the elite invented it.