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Dollars & sense.(The Realist)(opportunity costs of the war in Iraq)
THERE HAS been much talk of late about the cost of the Iraq War, due in no small part to the huge estimates postulated by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz. Together with his colleague Linda Bilmes, Stiglitz asserts with confidence that the cost of the Iraq War will exceed $3 trillion, prompting sound-bite-prone journalists to dub Iraq "the trillion dollar war." Of course, these estimates are for costs extending through 2017. In fact, our Iraq adventure will cost far less on the margin, since the military will not disappear even if the war in Iraq does. Whether or not we retain forces in Iraq, they will have to be equipped, housed and trained somewhere. ...
- Justifications of the Iraq war examined (1).(Viewpoint essay)
- Magazine article from: Ethics & International Affairs Miller, Richard B. March 22, 2008 700+ words
...different rationales offered for the Iraq war; and two, their deaths are arguably...critically assess claims on behalf of the Iraq war made by the Bush administration and...into careful considerations of the Iraq war as a form of self-defense, law...
- Iraq war hurting GOP: Temple/Inquirer Poll: Doubts undermining support.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) October 29, 2006 700+ words
...shows that growing doubts about the Iraq war continue to erode support for Republicans...feel less safe, disapprove of the Iraq war and President Bush, and prefer Democrats...a serious problem. But unlike the Iraq war, neither issue is translating into...
- Effects of Iraq War Are Mixed for Middle East States.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News April 21, 2003 700+ words
...economic impact of trade lost due to the Iraq War and a slump in tourism in the first...from destabilizing the region, the Iraq War will prove to be a turning point for...the biggest net beneficiaries of the Iraq War in terms of oil revenues. In the...
- Mothers of soldiers and the Iraq War: justification through breakfast shows on...
- Magazine article from: Women and Language Cappuccio, Sondra Nicole March 22, 2006 700+ words
...instruments of support and dissent for the current Iraq War. The mother as justifier is presented in dialogues...Iraq helps create a context of support for the Iraq War. On March 19, 2003, the Iraq War began (www.whitehouse.gov/news). Since...
- The Iraq War has been virtually purged from the agenda of the mainstream...
- Magazine article from: St. Louis Journalism Review July 1, 2008 700+ words
The Iraq War has been virtually purged from the agenda...short-term commercial reason to treat the Iraq War as a major news story. Their only incentive...combined to file a total of 6061 minutes on the Iraq War, more than 100 hours of video journalism...
- The Social Origins of the Iran-Iraq War
- Newspaper article from: Domes Mohammed M. Aman July 31, 1995 700+ words
...1995 The Social Origins of the Iran-Iraq War. Boulder, CO: Lynn Rienner, 1994...explores the origins of the Iran-Iraq War in terms of the sweeping socioeconomic...behind the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. His main effort is to relate the...
- Keep up the pressure to end Iraq war.(Commentary)
- Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) March 14, 2008 700+ words
...surge has "worked" in reselling the Iraq war to the media, but it's a failure...ties to Oregon, have died in the Iraq war. Yet we are told that in 2009, an...spent nearly $500 billion on the Iraq war. Oregon's share of that cost through...
- UAE - Why Iraq War Support Fell So Fast - American Isolationism Could Be A New...
- Newspaper article from: APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula November 28, 2005 700+ words
...early on. Just seven months into the Iraq war, Gallup found that the percentage...Why did Americans go sour on the Iraq war so quickly, and what can Bush do...of the main justifications for the Iraq war - alleged WMD and support for international...
