Torin> Там написано "Отмечается, что среди 300 тыс. убитых 180 тыс. являлись гражданскими лицами. В исследовании "Стоимость войн" говорится также и о косвенных потерях, к которым относятся недоедание, уничтоженная инфраструктура и вред, нанесенный экологии. " Поскольку разрушение инфраструктуры происходит в ираке/авганистане, то 180 тыс убитых среди мирного населения это явно не США. Похоже в "стоимость" включено все порушенное в ходе войны.
А о 300 тысячах американцев никто не говорил. Называется официальная цифра в 6500 +
"While we know how many US soldiers have died in the wars (over 6,500), what is startling is what we don’t know about the levels of injury and illness in those who have returned from the wars. New disability claims continue to pour into the VA, with over 675,000 disability claims registered with the VA as of September, 2011. [2] Many deaths and injuries among US contractors have not been identified".
"At least 181,362 civilians have died and more will die in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan as a result of the fighting at the hands of all parties to the conflict".
И тем не менее, "стоимость" в исследовании - это то, сколько это стоит США:
The goal of the Costs of War project has been to outline a broad understanding of the domestic and international costs and consequences of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan. Documented by the Eisenhower Study Group at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
// costsofwar.org
"The human and economic costs of these wars will continue for decades, some costs not peaking until mid-century. Many of the wars’ costs are invisible to Americans, buried in a variety of budgets, and so have not been counted or assessed. For example, while most people think the Pentagon war appropriations are equivalent to the wars’ budgetary costs, the true numbers are twice that, and the full economic cost of the wars much larger yet.
Conservatively estimated, the war bills already paid and obligated to be paid as of June 2011 are $3.2 trillion in constant dollars. A more reasonable estimate puts the number at nearly $4 trillion|.
Помимо доклада Brown Univercity (costofwar это их проект, если я правильно понимаю), другие оценки:
2007 год:
To date, the cost to the U.S. is $450 billion, about $1,500 per person.
By war’s end the tab will exceed $1 trillion in all likelihood, assuming there is a continued U.S. military presence, even if it's ultimately smaller, for several years yet in the region.
U.S. CBO estimates $2.4 trillion long-term war costs
http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/... [not image]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost taxpayers a total of $2.4 trillion by 2017 when counting the huge interest costs because combat is being financed with borrowed money,
// www.reuters.com
Joseph Stiglitz, former chief economist of the World Bank and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, has stated the total costs of the Iraq War on the US economy will be three trillion dollars in a moderate scenario, and possibly more in the most recent published study, published in March 2008. Stiglitz has stated: "
The figure we arrive at is more than $3 trillion. Our calculations are based on conservative assumptions...Needless to say, this number represents the cost only to the United States. It does not reflect the enormous cost to the rest of the world, or to Iraq.
Извините за большой объем "копипасты" на англ.
Так что все равно намного больше, чем многомиллиардные