The Cost of War

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Here are the dimensions of a dollar bill. It's about 6 inches long, and 2½ inches wide, and as thick as a regular piece of paper.

This is what a stack of dollar bills totalling $360,000 looks like (which would get you this apartment on the UWS of Manhattan). If you made a single stack, it would be 120 feet high.

You should see how big the stack of money is for the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as of July 21, 2006. It's incredible.

Last night Allison and I resisted the pull to watch the mindless Oprah Oscar Special and instead watched the hour long report "Bob Woodruff: To Iraq and Back." We watched with tears in our eyes the stories of people who have paid a price for this war that illustrative graphics about money could never convey. If you have a few minutes watch this video segment of the report.