The Opportunity Cost of War

This fiasco in Iraq that has cost anywhere from $1-$2 trillon. Trillion. What could this country have accomplished with that almost unfathomable sum?

- A doubling of cancer research funding
- Treatment for every American whose diabetes or heart disease is now going unmanaged
- A global immunization campaign to save millions of children’s lives
- Universal preschool for every 3- and 4-year-old child across the country
- The city of New Orleans could also receive a huge increase in reconstruction funds
- The remaining recommendations of the 9/11 Commission could be enacted
- Financing for the war in Afghanistan could be increased
- A peacekeeping force could put a stop to the genocide in Darfur

But hey, at least we're safer.