It is so good to laugh, and sometimes I sit and think how wonderful it would've been if the whole country, our country is laughing. Our beautiful children, for they won't see anymore hardship, our women wearing the colours of the rainbow instead of black. And our men, smiling for at last they have a job and able to provide for their families.
Is honesty hard to come by? Is peace just a word?
Our government said 7000 families have returned to Iraq. Is that because the border has been closed to Syria and Jordon? is it because that all our Arab neighbours can't cope anymore?
There are no jobs for our people in any neighbouring country, no social security, no help whatsoever, and the UN just register these family as refugees. No financial help.
Can someone work out the cost of this war, and how many hospitals, projects that will eliminate starvation around the world? How many sick people will be treated, especially children.
Man is evil, and our government better be telling the truth about what is going on, because what I have heard from inside the country was totally the opposite.
According to various sources the Iraq war costs American taxpayers $195 million per day. Here is how the money could be better spent:
One day in Iraq could provide 3.97 million households with an emergency readiness kit.
One day in Iraq could close the financing gap for interoperable communications in 41 small cities, 36 mid-sized cities, or 6 large cities so that federal, state and local first responders can talk to one another during an emergency.
One day in Iraq could purchase 780 fire trucks for improving local emergency response capabilities.
One day in Iraq could employ 4,919 fire fighters, 4,222 police patrol officers, or 7,052 paramedics and emergency medical technicians for one year each.
One day in Iraq could double the federal budget for nuclear reactor safety and security inspections to ensure that these potential terrorist targets are adequately protected.
One day in Iraq could pay for 1,101 additional border patrol agents to better guard our borders against potential terrorists.
One day in Iraq could provide 9,750 port container inspection units to detect hazardous materials being trafficked into the country.
One day in Iraq could provide 1,332 explosive trace detection portals for airport screening of passengers, as recommended by the 9/11 Commission.
One day in Iraq could provide 6,290 local law enforcement agencies a bomb-detecting robot.
One day in Iraq could provide 4,875 narcotics vapor and particle detectors.
EDUCATION
One day in Iraq could cover the full cost of attendance for one year at a public college for more than 17,100 students.
One day in Iraq could provide more than 79,000 needy college students with a Pell grant.
One day in Iraq could enroll 27,000 more children in Head Start.
One day in Iraq could employ 4,269 elementary school teachers or 4,027 secondary school teachers for one year.
HEALTH CARE
One day in Iraq could provide health insurance coverage to 344,500 working Americans to give them a break from the rising cost of coverage.
One day in Iraq could provide health insurance coverage for one year to 380,900 uninsured children in America.
One day in Iraq could employ 3,597 additional registered nurses for one year.
One day in Iraq could immunize every person over 65 in the U.S. against influenza 4.6 times over.
One day in Iraq could immunize every baby born in the U.S. last year against measles, mumps, and rubella 14.2 times.
LABOR
One day in Iraq could provide unemployment benefits for almost 722,000 unemployed Americans for one week.
One day in Iraq could fund Social Security retirement benefits for one day for over 6.75 million Americans.
One day in Iraq could provide comprehensive safety and health training to 121,875 workers.
One day in Iraq could pay for an increase of $3.34 per hour in the wages of every minimum wage worker in the country.
One day in Iraq could provide paid sick leave to half a million workers for an entire year.
BASIC NEEDS
One day in Iraq could buy 71.55 million gallons of unleaded regular gasolin.
One day in Iraq could pay for one year’s gasoline consumption for 97,500 Americans, even at today’s elevated prices.
One day in Iraq could buy 63.1 million gallons of fortified whole milk.
One day in Iraq could buy 166.6 million cartons of large Grade A Eggs sold by the dozen.
INTERNATIONAL
One day in Iraq is equivalent to half of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country of East Timor.
One day in Iraq could feed all of the starving children in the world today almost four and a half times over.
One day in Iraq could vaccinate three-quarters of the children in Africa for measles and give millions a lifetime protection from the disease.
One day in Iraq could build 5,571 AIDS clinics in Africa.
One day in Iraq could provide 650,000 women in Africa living with HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment for one year to extend their lives and improve the lives of their children.
One day in Iraq could provide one third of the aid needed for earthquake relief for the four million people affected in South Asia.
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"As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others" - Nelson Mandela
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