The Cost of War - The reason Q was created - Large contingent of ex-military who are disillusioned and psychologically damaged by CNN's lies Cost of War **    Human Cost:** Note: Casualties of war are very difficult to estimate accurately, and they depend on who is doing the counting. More often than not, these numbers are actually much higher than what our officials estimate, especially when it comes to civilian casualties. **        Iraq War** **        Afghanistan War**  -2,358+ U.S. Military Personnel have died in combat [1].  - 26,000+ civilians have died [1].  - Hundreds of thousands have been wounded [1].  - 3.5 million+ have been displaced from their homes [1]. **    Financial Cost:** The U.S. has spent an estimated $4,000,000,000,000 to $6,000,000,000,000 [Trillions] on the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars [1][2]. **    Suicides/Veteran Care: **More than 3,000 U.S. Military Personnel have committed suicide, surpassing deaths due to actual combat in 2012 and 2013 [1]. In addition, it was recently revealed that ⅓ of the 847,000 veterans have died waiting for care from the VA [1]. **    Drone Strikes:** Since 2002, the U.S. has killed more than 5,581 people with 642 drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia [countries we are not at war with]; the majority of which were women, children, and innocent “militants” [1][2]. According to this report, for every targeted “terrorist” there are 28 resulting deaths, or “collateral damage”. Here is one real life drone story: The Wedding That Became a Funeral. Here is drone video footage famously leaked by Bradley Manning [in jail for the next 35 years]: Collateral Murder. **    Torture:** The inhumane acts of torture used post 9/11 is something every American had the opportunity to know about, but never cared. The people subjected to this torture were held indefinitely without trial and were often innocent. Here is a glimpse of what we did [graphic content]: Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. Today, we have the equivalent of these CIA “Black Sites” here in the U.S. [Chicago], where absence of due process and torture are the norm. These are not just a “few bad apples”; this is a symptom of a much bigger, systemic issue. **    Chemical/Biological Warfare:** Ever since the Persian Gulf War, we have been using depleted uranium and white phosphorous in combat in Iraq, and it has been the cause of widespread birth defects throughout the country. This not the first time we have used toxic chemicals in warfare. **    Militarized Police:** Over the past 3 decades, the “War on Drugs” and “War on Terror” have brought billions of dollars worth of military combat equipment to local police forces [1]. When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail and because of that, police brutality has steadily been on the rise for decades. What are they gearing up for? References in the "censorthis" archive available at http:f4ct.co This data is a few years old The numbers have all increased, from suicides to costs.