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US wars leave 225,000 dead, cost USD 4.4 trillion: study
US wars leave 225,000 dead, cost USD 4.4 trillion: study 02 July 2011 | 05:22 | FOCUS News Agency
US wars leave 225,000 dead, cost USD 4.4 trillion: study - FOCUS Information Agency
Washington. US wars launched since the attacks of September 11, 2001 have left 225,000 dead and cost up to USD 4.4 trillion, according to a new study by university researchers, AFP reports.
The study published by Brown University this week focused on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism campaigns in Pakistan and Yemen, which came in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
The authors argued that governments almost always go to war underestimating the potential duration and costs of a conflict while overestimating "the political objectives that can be accomplished by the use of brute force."
The study said "an extremely conservative estimate" of the casualty toll was about 225,000 people killed and 365,000 wounded in the wars so far.
US wars leave 225,000 dead, cost USD 4.4 trillion: study - FOCUS Information Agency
Washington. US wars launched since the attacks of September 11, 2001 have left 225,000 dead and cost up to USD 4.4 trillion, according to a new study by university researchers, AFP reports.
The study published by Brown University this week focused on the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and counter-terrorism campaigns in Pakistan and Yemen, which came in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
The authors argued that governments almost always go to war underestimating the potential duration and costs of a conflict while overestimating "the political objectives that can be accomplished by the use of brute force."
The study said "an extremely conservative estimate" of the casualty toll was about 225,000 people killed and 365,000 wounded in the wars so far.