The Cost Of War
There is, of course, no way to know the true cost of war. We do our best to remember our soldiers who given their lives. Unfortunately every time we write the number of our dead, it must be revised. For every day more Americans die in Iraq. Each death brings unspeakable grief to American families who will live forever without them.
In our Action section, we have radio interviews with some of these families: Lila Lipscomb and Cindy Sheehan share what it is like for a mother to prematurely bury a child.
What of the American communities denied the firefighter or teacher or nurse who will never come back?
Those who send others to war do their best to minimize the true measure of our losses, to wrap the wounded and the dead in a patriotic haze of mission. But we owe it to those who suffer to see as clearly as possible.
The folks at http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/ maintain this casualty counter:
For a list of all Coalition losses, and a breakdown of U.S. fatalities by month and by state, see http://icasualties.org/oif/default.aspx.
Thanks to http://www.iraqbodycount.net/ we are able to imagine the losses of the Iraqi people:
The National Priorities Project's website, http://www.costofwar.com/, calculates how much money is being spent on the war in Iraq, and lets you see how much your town or city is spending.