tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post3016441488590943413..comments2024-03-28T08:21:30.796-04:00Comments on War News Updates: Can The U.S. Fight A Major War Without GPS?War News Updates Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12034101783150523332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8519488391496270073.post-35128280775754183202016-10-18T23:20:30.212-04:002016-10-18T23:20:30.212-04:00Map and compass, meanwhile:
>>THIS OCTOBER ...Map and compass, meanwhile:<br /><br />>>THIS OCTOBER MARKS 15 years since American troops entered Afghanistan. It was a precursor to the occupation of Iraq and is the longest military conflict in US history. Yet the trillions of dollars and thousands of lives expended in these wars have rated barely a mention in the presidential campaign.<br /><br />The most recent estimates suggest that war costs will run to nearly $5 trillion — a staggering sum that exceeds even the $3 trillion that Joseph Stiglitz and I predicted back in 2008.<<<br /><br />http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/10/17/the-trillion-wars/uPVfSuDutnTZl5fIQ7YllK/story.html<br /><br />Sooner or later, it adds up to real money, and might have something to do with that pesky US Deficit.<br /><br />Jay Farquharsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03335226520940843630noreply@blogger.com