" "In calculating the (incalculable) value of the American lives lost, they used the standard applied in government safety regulations for a prime-age male-about $6 million-rather than the much lower standard DoD death benefit and life insurance payments to survivors." --Miriam Pemberton, Peace and Security Editor of Foreign Policy In Focus, TomPaine.com, 1/19/06
Various figures have been used to calculate the cost of a dead American soldier or Marine, but I don't believe anyone has asked the families what the life of their prime-age male (or female) was worth. If they did, I suspect the price would be more than anyone would ever want to pay.
Nobody knows how much the war in Iraq will eventually cost; but any way you add it up, it is a waste. It was not worth the sacrifice of one American life or one American dollar because it does not benefit the American people in any way. All the war has meant to Americans is 2,529 dead soldiers and Marines (6/29/06), an over-extended military, higher gas prices, and an enormous debt to pass on to our children and grandchildren.
Does that sound like a good deal to you?.
Various figures have been used to calculate the cost of a dead American soldier or Marine, but I don't believe anyone has asked the families what the life of their prime-age male (or female) was worth. If they did, I suspect the price would be more than anyone would ever want to pay.
Nobody knows how much the war in Iraq will eventually cost; but any way you add it up, it is a waste. It was not worth the sacrifice of one American life or one American dollar because it does not benefit the American people in any way. All the war has meant to Americans is 2,529 dead soldiers and Marines (6/29/06), an over-extended military, higher gas prices, and an enormous debt to pass on to our children and grandchildren.
Does that sound like a good deal to you?.
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