The Cost of War - How About a Cool Billion Per Week?

It's easy to forget about a lot of things during the chaos of a move, but things are finally beginning to settle down at the new digs. And as if on cue, as I was chilling out this evening with my favorite NPR program, The World, I was reminded that the price tag for our adventure in Iraq is a cool ONE BILLION DOLLARS PER WEEK. I don't even know how many zeros are in a billion. I don't even have any way of understanding how much a billion is. But I do know that that is one sickening and sad fact.

Add the unfathomable loss of US and Iraqi life to that staggering number, and well...it's beyond the comprehension of this mind, anyway.