apocalypsos: (shaun)
tatty bojangles ([personal profile] apocalypsos) wrote2004-12-28 01:25 pm

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As pointed out by [livejournal.com profile] dargie:

Initial amount alloted to the war in Iraq by the U.S.: $87 billion
Initial amount alloted to the Asia tsunami/earthquake disaster relief by the U.S.: $15 million

Granted, like I said, it's the initial amount and the government plans on pledging more, but put the two numbers next to one another and they're still pretty sad.

[identity profile] doqz.livejournal.com 2004-12-28 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
$21 billion out of that number were for reconstruction, iirc.