David Flanagan, JavaScript Guru der ersten Stunde und Autor des Bestsellers „JavaScript – The Definitive Guide„, bezieht auf seiner Seite klar Stellung zum mittlerweile 5 Jahre dauernden Krieg im Irak:
- 3990 US soldiers dead That is more than 2 per day.
- 20,416 US soldiers wounded (badly enough to require air transport). That’s more than 11 per day.
- At least 82,240 civilians killed. That’s 45 a day and only includes deaths that get reported in the media. One study puts the civilian death toll much, much higher.
- $503 billion. That’s 275 million dollars a day, and it doesn’t include future obligations, such as veteran’s health care. (Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz argues that the war has already cost 3 trillion dollars.)
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