tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post7447273676090982943..comments2024-02-10T10:20:12.925+01:00Comments on The Road to the Horizon: What does one TRILLION dollars look like?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-6340724511777186322009-10-07T02:57:38.354+01:002009-10-07T02:57:38.354+01:00Just out of interest, what means more to the Ameri...Just out of interest, what means more to the American people...winning the so-called 'War on Terror' and it's underlying principles, or the amount it will cost to do so?<br />Obviously, something needed to be done after the awful events on 9/11, but was the then administrations response a gross miscalculation, given that we're nearly 9 years on and still bogged down in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bin Laden is still on the loose, and now Iran is talking tough?<br />Surely the economics say that further military actions in that region will eventually cripple an already precarious US economy (whats left of it).Hugh Mannnoreply@blogger.com