Cost of War

Cost of Selected Wars

Bringing the Federal Budget Home

Additional information:

Quick Facts About U.S. Military Operations in Afghanistan

National Priorities Project ("Showing how federal tax and spending policies impact your community").

The National Priorities Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that offers citizen and community groups the tools and resources to shape federal budget and policy priorities which promote social and economic justice. Here are some of the projects it has researched:

• Cost of Iraq War Rises For Taxpayers
• The President's budget: Impact on the States
• Local costs of the Iraq War Find out how much the Iraq War is costing taxpayers in your town, city or county. state and national information is also included.
• Cost of War Counter , a running total of the U.S. taxpayer costs of the Iraq War.

War Resisters League

Iraq/Afghanistan Coalition Casualty Count Includes fatalities by name, country, state and city, month, ethnicity and sex.

Casualties in Iraq: The Human Cost of Occupation

Iraq Body Count ("The worldwide update of reported civilian deaths in the Iraq war and occupation").

Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights as Eroded by the USA PATRIOT Act and Presidential Executive Orders

Bill of Rights Defense Committee

Public Opinion Polls

Public opinion polls taken in May and June 2010 revealed the following results. Go to web links for complete questions.

Iraq (http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm)

56% oppose the war in Iraq
41% approve, 51% disapprove of Barack Obama's handling of the Iraq war
42% think the U.S. is winning in Iraq, 34% think the U.S. is losing

Afghanistan (http://www.pollingreport.com/afghan.htm)

56% oppose and 42% favor the war in Afghanistan
50% think President Obama is doing a good or very good job handling the situation in Afghanistan (USA Today/Gallup).
37% approve of Pres. Obama's handling, 53% disapprove (Newsweek)
58% favor a timetable for withdrawal of U.S. troops by July 2011.
50% approve of Pres. Obama's decision to remove General McChrystal as Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan (32% of Republicans, 68% of Democrats and 49% of Independents)
53% think the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting, 44% think it is

Israel/Palestine (http://www.pollingreport.com/israel.htm)

40% approve, 40% disapprove of Israel's recent blockade of ships delivering aid to Palestine
55% said their opinion of Israel is very or mostly favorable

Source of U.S. Oil

Did you know that Canada is the largest supplier of oil to the U.S. for the last two years (2008 & 2009) or that Canada, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Venezuela supply over half of U.S. oil needs? See the following: DOE: Petroleum Imports by Country of Origin, 1960-2008 See the following: DOE: Petroleum Imports by Country of Origin, 1960-2008 and Sources of U.S. Oil Imports Chart

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