On Mon, Jan 19, 2004 at 09:20:44AM +0300, Mark Tinka wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > It is simple. These are American lives we are talking about, not
> > simple Japanese people. Over a million Vietnamese died in the Vietnam
> > war - besides Vietnam being carpet bombed for I do not know how many
> > years... but again it was cheaper.
> >
> > T.
>
> Over a million you say... And, ummh, 9/11 was how many... Over 300 confirmed
> and another 4,000 or so missing.
>
> >
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > locations, ecnomically, socially, and in health.
> >
> > How can that be quanitified, in billions, if not gazillions?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
Firstly, Americans treasure their blood more that most nationalities I know.Whenever
an american is wounded or killed in
the middle east or some other conflict area, it is sure to make the news, that means
CNN->BBC->Reuters-(spill over
effect)->New Vision->Your desk. So this, to Americans,is personal.
The reason why that attack was the costliest is because of the spill-over effects to
the rest of the world.Besides
causing a financial crisis in the US that spilled over to Japan, Europe and
england,resulting in massive losses in
stocks and bonds, it has led to countries shifting their priorities from development
to fighting terrorism.This is
very expensive .This is an ongoing fight as Rumsdel will tell you,but that means that
the economy of Kenya which depends on tourism will have to
go into noise dive, countries that used to enjoy excellent trading cooperations with
the US are force to address
conditions that the US imposes on them before trade agreements can be made.The middle
east flared into allout war, with
sides being aligned pro- and anti- war on terrorism.i stop here.
- ken
(not a politician)
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