"We spend billions of dollars in a useless war. The fear now control us."
VIVAnews - Filmmaker Michael Moore's hard to comment on the action of U.S. forces shot and killed Osama bin Laden. Regardless of whatever reason Osama's death, it was called Moore's murder.
As reported by USA Today, Moore since last Wednesday to twit a number of comments related to Osama. "He (bin Laden - red) may have died, but in one case, he wins. We let go of our rights. We pass the Patriot Act. We spend billions of dollars in a useless war. The fear now control us."
New points, Moore declared Osama should be brought to justice. "We have lost something of our soul in this country ... something that differentiates us from others, other countries, where we say everyone has the time in court regardless of how bad that person, regardless of how evil they are, they have right to be tried ... after World War II, we can not simply fired a bullet to the head of the Nazi leader. We bring them to justice. "
And today is Friday, May 6, 2011, Moore delivered the latest twit again. "I do not understand why they do not recognize this: It (the killing of Osama - ed) is an execution / assassination."
Rp25 Trillion War
Osama has become public enemy number one and most expensive in U.S. history. Tim Fernholz and Jim Tankersley from the National Journal launch, the United States spent U.S. $ 3 billion or more than Rp25 trillion to reach the shot two bullets that killed Osama.
Figures Rp25 trillion of this new conservative calculation that spent over 15 years. This figure is not taking into account additional costs that arise because of disruption of the American economy and the cost of increased security of the United States.
And the result, for the United States economy, says Fernholz and Tankersley, almost zero and it is precisely America will continue to bear the costs arising from the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
"We've spent a large amount of money that did not have much effect on strengthening our military and have little impact on our economy," says Linda Bilmes, a lecturer at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, who wrote a book about Iraq and Afghanistan war costs wars with Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz.
This condition is different from what happened when America faced Nazis led by Adolf Hitler's. The defeat of the Nazis ended the era of the great depression and initiate an era of prosperity the United States dominated world. And this era is also marked with a leap of technology that revolutionized the economy as a whole. (Art)
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