Think about this:
How much is two-thirds of a trillion dollars?
Every twelve months the United States government spends at least two-thirds of a trillion dollars on defense and defense-related stuff.
Any idea how much money that is?
Well, I’ll tell you.
Two-thirds of a trillion one dollar bills placed end to end will go for 62,632,464 miles - or about two-thirds of the way to the sun. MORE
Stacked flat, the same amount will make a pile 43,072 miles high, or nearly twice the length of the Earth’s equator.
And think about this:
What else could we get for $1.14 trillion?
Ronald Reagan spent $1.14 trillion on defense from 1984 to 1987.
In 1988, for one trillion dollars, you could:
.•Build a $75,000 house.
.•Place it on $5,000 worth of land.
.•Furnish it with $10,000 worth of furniture.
.•Put a $10,000 car in the garage.
And give all this to every family in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Iowa.
Having done this, you would still have enough money left to build a $10 million hospital and a $10 million library in each of 250 cities and towns throughout the six-state region.
And after having done that, you would still have enough money left to build 500 schools at $10 million each for the communities in the region.
And after all this, you would still have enough money left from the original trillion to put aside, at 10% annual interest, a sum that would:
.•Pay a salary of $25,000 per year for 10,000 nurses.
.•Pay a salary of $25,000 per year for 10,000 teachers.
.•Give an annual cash allowance of $5,000 for each and every family throughout the six-state region - forever.
(Source: SANE World Freeze Focus Summer 1988)
Total cost of the cold war (1948 - 1991)
$13.1 trillion.
And This:
America the Assassin.
Following is a list of prominent foreign individuals whose assassination (or planning for same) the United States has been involved in since the end of the Second World War.
1949 - Kim Koo, Korean opposition leader.
1950s - CIA/ Neo-Nazi hit-list of numerous political figures in West Germany.
1950s - Cho En-lai, Prime Minister of China, several attempts on his life.
1950s, 1962 - Sukarno, President of Indonesia.
1951 - Kim ll Sung, Premier of North Korea.
1953 - Mohammed Mossadegh, Prime Minister of iran.
1950s - Claro M. Recto, Philippines opposition leader.
1955 - Jawaharla lNehru, Prime Minister of India.
1957 - Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of Egypt.
1959, 1963, 1969 - Norodom Sihanouk, leader of Cambodia.
1960 - Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim Kassem, leader of Iraq.
1950s - 1970s - Jose Figueres, President of Costa Rica, 2 attempts on his life.
1961 - Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, leader of Haiti.
1961 - Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo (Zaire).
1961 - Gen. Rafael Trujillo, leader of the Dominican Republic.
1963 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam.
1960s - Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, many attempts on his life.
1960s - Raul Castro, high govt. official of Cuba.
Francisco Camano - Dominican Republic opposition leader.
1965-66 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France.
1967 - Che Guevara, Latin American revolutionary.
1970 - Salvador Allende, President of Chile.
1970 - Gen. Rene Schneider, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Chile.
1970s, 1981 - Gen. Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama.
1972 - Gen. Manuel Noriega, Chief of Panamanian Intelligence.
1975 - Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire.
1976 - Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica.
1980-86 - Muammar Qaddafi, leader of Libya, several attempts on his life.
1982 - Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of Iran.
1983 - Gen. Ahmed Diimi, Moroccan Army commander.
1983 - Miguel de’Escoto, Foreign Minister of Nicaragua.
1984 - The 9 commandantes of the Sandinista National Directorate.
1985 - Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadallah, Lebanese Shiite leader.
1991 - Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq.
Taken from Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War ll by William Blum, bblum6@aol.com. See the William Blum links on the Recommended Reading Page.
And Also This:
100 Years of American Wars.
South Dakota 1890 - (?) Troops - 300 Lakota Indians massacred at Wounded Knee.
Argentina 1890 Troops - Buenos Aires interests protected.
Chile 1891 Troops - Marines clash with nationalist rebels.
Haiti 1891 Troops - Black revolt on Navassa defeated.
Idaho 1892 Troops - Army suppresses silver miner’s strike.
Hawaii 1893 - (?) Naval, troops - independent kingdom overthrown, annexed.
Chicago 1894 Troops - breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.
Nicaragua 1894 Troops - Month-long occupation of Bluefields.
China 1894-95 Naval, troops - Marines land in Sino-Japanese War.
Korea 1894-96 Troops - Marines kept in Seoul during war.
Panama 1895 Troops, Naval, Marines - land in Colombian province.
Nicaragua 1896 Troops - Marines land in port of Corinto.
China 1898 - 1900 Troops - Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.
Philippines 1898 - 1910 Naval, troops - Seized from Spain, 600,000 Filipinos killed.
Cuba 1898 - 1902 Naval, troops - Seized from Spain, still hold Navy base.
Puerto Rico 1898 - (?) Naval, troops - Seized from Spain, occupation continues.
Guam 1898 - (?) Naval, troops - Seized from Spain, still used as base.
Minnesota 1898 - (?) Troops - Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.
Nicaragua 1898 Troops - Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.
Samoa 1899 - (?) Troops- Battle over succession to throne.
Nicaragua 1899 Troops - Marines land at port of Bluefields.
Idaho 1899 - 1901 Troops - Army occupies Coeur d’Alene mining region.
Oklahoma 1901 Troops - Army battles Creek Indian revolt.
Panama 1901-14 Naval, troops - Broke off from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone.
Honduras 1903 Troops - Marines intervene in revolution.
Dominican Republic 1903-04 Troops - American interests protected in revolution.
Korea 1904-05 Troops - Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.
Cuba 1906-09 Troops - Marines land in democratic election.
Nicaragua 1907 Troops - “Dollar Diplomacy” protectorate set up.
Honduras 1907 Troops - Marines land during war with Nicaragua.
Panama 1908 Troops - Marines intervene in election contest.
Nicaragua 1910 Troops - Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.
Honduras 1911 Troops - U.S. interests protected in civil war.
China 1911-41 Naval, troops - Continuous occupation with flare-ups.
Cuba 1912 Troops - U.S. interests protected in civil war.
Panama 1912 Troops - Marines land during heated election.
Honduras 1912 Troops - Marines protect U.S. economic interests.
Nicaragua 1912-33 Troops - Bombing, 10 year occupation, fought guerillas.
Mexico 1913 Naval - Americans evacuated during revolution.
Dominican Republic 1914 Naval - Fought with rebels over Santo Domingo.
Colorado 1914 Troops - Breaking of miners’ strike by Army.
Mexico 1914-18 Naval, troops - Series of interventions against nationalists.
Haiti 1914-34 Troops - Bombing, 19-year occupation after revolts.
Dominican Republic 1916-24 Troops - 8-year Marine occupation.
Cuba 1917-33 Troops - Military occupation, economic protectorate.
World War l 1917-18 Naval, troops - Ships sunk, fought Germany for 1 1/2 years.
Russia 1918-22 Naval, troops - 5 landings to fight Bolsheviks.
Panama 1918-20 Troops - “Police duty” after election unrest.
Russia 1918-22 Naval, troops - 5 landings to fight Bolsheviks.
Panama 1918-20 Troops - “Police duty” after election unrest.
Honduras 1919 Troops - Marines land during election campaign.
Yugoslavia 1919 Troops - Marines intervene for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia.
Guatemala 1920 Troops - 2-week intervention against unionists.
West Virginia 1920-21 Troops - Bombing, Army intervenes against mineworkers.
Turkey 1922 Troops - Fought nationalists in Smyrna.
China 1922-27 Naval, troops - Deployed during nationalist revolt.
Honduras 1924-25 Troops - Landed twice against election strife.
Panama 1925 Troops - Marines suppress general strike.
China 1927-34 Troops - Marines stationed throughout the country.
El Salvador 1932 Naval - Warships sent during Marti revolt.
Washington, DC 1932 Troops - Army stops WW l vet bonus protest.
World War ll 1941-45 Naval, troops, first use of nuclear weapons.
Detroit 1943 Troops - Army puts down Black rebellion.
Iran 1946 Troops - Soviet troops threatened with A-bomb to leave Iran.
Yugoslavia 1946 Nuclear threat - Response to U.S. plane shot down.
Uruguay 1947 Nuclear threat - Bombers deployed as show of strength.
Greece 1947-49 Command operation - U.S. directs extreme-right in civil war.
Germany 1948 Nuclear threat - Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin airlift.
China 1948-49 Troops - Marines evacuate Americans before Communist victory.
Philippines 1948-54 Command operation - CIA directs war against Huk Rebellion.
Puerto Rico 1950 Command operation - Independence rebellion crushed in Ponce.
Korea 1951-53 Troops, naval bombing, nuclear threats - War against China, N. Korea.
Iran 1953 Command operation - CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.
Vietnam 1954 Nuclear threat - French offered bombs to use against rebels.
Guatemala 1954 Command operation - CIA leads terrorism against new govt.
Egypt 1956 Nuclear threat - Soviets ordered out of Suez crisis.
Lebanon 1958 Naval, troops - Marine occupation against rebels.
Iraq 1958 Nuclear threat - Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.
China 1958 Nuclear threat - China told not to move on Taiwan.
Panama 1958 Troops - Flag protests erupt into confrontation.
Vietnam 1960-75 Naval, troops, nuclear threat - America’s longest war.
Laos 1962 Command operation - Military buildup during guerilla war.
Cuba 1961 Command operation - CIA directed exile invasion fails.
Germany 1961 Nuclear threat - Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.
Cuba 1962 Nuclear threat, blockade - Cuban missile crisis. Narrowly avoided war.
Panama 1964 Troops - Panamanians shot for urging canal’s return.
Indonesia 1965 Command operation - Million killed in CIA-assisted coup.
Dominican Republic 1965-66 Troops, bombing - Marines land during election.
Guatemala 1966-67 Command operation - Green Berets intervene against rebels.
Detroit 1967 Troops - Army battles Blacks, 43 killed.
United States 1968 Troops - MLK assassination, 21,000 troops in U.S. cities.
Cambodia 1969-75 Bombing, naval, troops - Up to 2 million killed.
Oman 1970 Command operation - U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.
Laos 1971-73 Command operation - Carpet bombs countryside, many killed.
South Dakota 1973 Command operation - Army directs siege at Wounded Knee.
Middle East 1973 Nuclear threat - World-wide alert during Mideast War.
Chile 1973 Command operation - CIA backed coup ousts president of Chile
Cambodia 1975 Troops, bombing - Captured ship (Mayaguez) 28 die in copter crash.
Angola 1976-92 Command operation - CIA assists South African-backed rebels.
Iran 1980 Troops, nuclear threat, bombing raid - Effort to rescue embassy hostages.
Libya 1981 Naval jets - 2 Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.
El Salvador 1981-92 Command operation, troops - Over-flights, aid anti-rebel war.
Nicaragua 1981-90 Command operation, naval - CIA directs Contra invasion.
Lebanon 1982-84 Naval, bombing, troops - Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists.
Grenada 1983-84 Troops, bombing - Invasion 4 years after revolution.
Honduras 1983-89 Troops - Maneuvers help build bases near borders.
Iran 1984 Jets - 2 Iranian jets shot down over the Persian Gulf.
Libya 1986 Bombing, naval - Air strikes to topple nationalist government.
Bolivia 1986 Troops - Army assists raids on cocaine region.
Iran 1987-88 Naval, bombing - U.S. intervenes on side of Iraq in war.
Libya 1989 Naval jets - 2 Libyan jets shot down.
Virgin Islands 1989 Troops - St. Croix Black unrest after storm.
Philippines 1989 Jets - Air cover provided for government against coup.
Panama 1989-(?) Troops, bombing - Govt. ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested...
Liberia 1990 Troops - Foreigners evacuated during civil war.
Saudi Arabia 1990-91 Troops, jets - Iraq countered after invading Kuwait.
Iraq 1990-(?) Bombing, troops, blockade - Persian Gulf War.
Kuwait 1991 Naval, bombing, troops - Kuwait royal family returned to throne.
Los Angeles 1992 Troops - Army, Marines deployed against anti-police uprising.
Somalia 1992-94 Troops, naval, bombing - U.S. led U.N. occupation.
Yugoslavia 1992-94 Naval - NATO blockade of Serbia, Montenegro.
Somalia 1992-94 Troops, naval, bombing - U.S. led U.N. occupation.
Yugoslavia 1992-94 Naval - NATO blockade of Serbia, Montenegro.
Bosnia 1993-(?) Jets, bombing - No-fly zone patrolled, heavy bombing.
Haiti 1994 Troops, naval blockade - Aristide restored to office.
Zaire 1996-97 Troops - Marines at Rwandan Hutu refugee camp.
Liberia 1997 Troops - Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.
Albania 1997 Troops - Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.
Sudan 1998 Missiles - Attack on pharmaceutical plant.
Afghanistan 1998 Missiles - Attack on former CIA training camp.
Iraq 1998 Bombing, missiles - 4 days of intensive air strikes.
Yugoslavia 1999 Bombing, missiles - Heavy NATO air-strikes on Serbia.
Afghanistan 2001-02 War on terrorism - Bombing Taliban positions.
Philippines 2002 War on terrorism - Military exercises to aid local troops.
Iraq 2003 Troops, bombing, missiles - Invasion and occupation of Iraq.
And this.
The following were trained at the School of the Americas and we paid their tuition.
Alumni of the School of the Americas
General Raoul Cedras - Dictator of Haiti, ousted 1994.
General Hugo Banzer - Dictator of Bolivia from 1971 - 78.
Manuel Noriega - Drug runner and dictator of Panama.
Colonel Roberto D’Aubuisson - Dictator of El Salvador and a death-squad leader who carried out the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador in 1980.
The soldiers who raped and murdered the American nuns in El Salvador in 1980.
Colonel Francisco Elena Fuentes - With 19 soldiers he killed 6 Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her teenage daughter in San Salvador in 1989.
A colonel charged in the 1998 killing of Guatemala's Bishop Gerardi.
Colonel Juan Alpirez - A CIA-paid operative who was found responsible for the slayings of an American citizen and a Guatemalan rebel leder.
General Juan Lopez Ortiz - Led a massacre on unarmed peasants in Chiapas, Mexico.
8 of 12 officers - El Mozote massacre where over 1,000 unarmed civilians - including women and children - were murdered.
Hector Gramalo - Former Defense Minister of Guatemala, accused of torture and war crimes against Guatemalan people.
Major Joseph-Michel Francois - Chief of police in Haiti, played a key role in the coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.