What could we have done with the $$$ spent in Iraq?

[Vox_Reason]

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3689

Included:
454 of the Tallest Building in the United States
Full ride 4-year college scholarships for 7,260,000 students
Give every adult man and woman in Iraq 16,000 dollars and a plane ticket to the United States
29 Statues of Liberty that shoot laser beams out of their torch

"Even if you are profoundly retarded and still think Saddam had something to do with 9/11, we could have replaced the World Trade Center 454 times with the money we have spent failing to catch the guy actually responsible. Blowing up houses and crap with missiles and chain guns is pretty awesome, but it's not that awesome."

The possibilities are endless....

Actually, the total cost of the war is already up to $270 billion:
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182

And it's likely to go to $2 trillion:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0110/dailyUpdate.html

And here's some more interesting numbers on alternatives to this money pit in Iraq:
http://www.alttext.com/archives/2005/12/15/stop_the_war_the_other_one.html



When will enough be enough? When will all these bastards GO TO JAIL???

[andyhappy]

1. sent all those dead kids to college

[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Cure everyone infected with AIDS & HIV

Feed the entire continent of Africa

Switch the US to a fuel economy...

Free health care for all Americans.

[IsItJustMe]

3. Provide medical coverage for every person in this country.

[Catfight]

4. Build monorail systems throughout the US and no longer be as

dependent on foreign oil. We could rebuild NOLA and send all the FEMA trailers to assist Africa.

[enid602]

5. conversely . . .

Or . . we could have NOT spend the majority of it, and continued Clinton's tradition of debt reduction. It would have left our currency much stronger, and it would have left us much more able to deal with catastrophes like Katrina.