"Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people" - John Adams - Second President - 1797 - 1801

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,311,696"

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In U.S. War And Occupation Of Iraq 4,243

Cost of U.S. War and Occupation of Iraq
$596,969,903,146

Consider the costs...
$4,681 per household.
$1,721 per person.
$341.4 million per day

US military loses 222,000 weapons sent to Afghanistan since 2001: The report shows that the US military failed to keep proper records of 87,000 rifles, pistols, mortars and other weapons sent to Afghanistan between December 2004 and June 2008. It also failed to track 135,000 weapons donated to Afghan security by 21 other countries