[AddedNote: Any talk of peace has to take a back seat eversince the
American Neo-con set out in their agenda (97/98) for the so-called New
American Century to dominate world militarily. In consequence invasion
or Iraq, the american servicemen were dying daily, where countless
Iraqi civilian perish from this nightmare.

Recent gesture from the American Congress to end the Iraq war is
encouraging -- at long last, the majority of American people's vioce
has come through this way.

But the clever "milkman" and his industry are reaping hugh profits from
these disasters -- are not about to let go off such opportunity. American public
are likely to see how their voices for peace will again be ignored by
the Bush Administration. -- U Ne Oo.

1-May-2007
US/War costs grow in money, lives
www.star-telegram.com/238/v-print/story/87020.html

By Ron Hutcheson

The bitter fight over the latest Iraq spending bill has all but obscured a
sobering fact: The war will soon cost more than $500 billion.

That's about 10 times more than the Bush administration anticipated
before the war started four years ago, and no one can predict how
high the tab will go. The $124 billion spending bill that President Bush
plans to veto this week includes about $78 billion for Iraq, with the rest
earmarked for the war in Afghanistan, veterans healthcare and other
government programs.

Congressional Democrats and Bush agree that they cannot let their
dispute over a withdrawal timetable block the latest cash installment
for Iraq. Once that political fight is resolved, Congress can focus on
the president's request for $116 billion more for the war in the fiscal
year that starts Sept. 1.

The combined spending requests would push the total for Iraq to
$564 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

What could that kind of money buy?

A college education -- tuition, fees, room and board at a public
university -- for about half of the nation's 17 million high school-age
teenagers.

Preschool for every 3- and 4-year-old in the country for the next
eight years.

A year's stay in an assisted-living facility for about half of the 35 million
Americans 65 or older.

What did earlier wars cost?

World War II cost more than $5 trillion in today's dollars.

World War I and Vietnam each cost about $650 billion in today's
dollars, but spending on those wars took a much bigger share
of the economy when they were fought.

Online: A Web site showing a running tally of the war's cost is
at costofwar.com/index.html