Quote from compisnada2002:
To each there own. I like the fact that our economy is benefiting off of this. Remeber the markets never lie!
The dutch central bank has made an estimate of the costs of this war:
Operation us-forces: 50-150 billion $
Colatoral damage in Iraq: 500 billion $
Worldwide slowdown of economic growth with 1%: 500 billion $
