The cost of the war in Iraq . . . $2 trillion
Estimated increase in oil company profits since the war began . . . $9 trillion
Seeing a bumper sticker on an SUV that reads “My country invaded Iraq and all I got was this really expensive gas.”
Priceless.
Sources
- Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion, MSNBC.com, March 17, 2006 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11880954).
The Iraq Oil Bonanza: Estimating Future Profits, Global Policy Forum, January 28, 2004 (http://globalpolicy.igc.org/security/oil/2004/0128oilprofit.htm)