This is what happens when you bomb population centers, or even bomb shelters, or destroy infrastructure including power stations and water sanitation facilities as we did in both Kosovo and Iraq. American military spending even kills Americans. We sold Saddam Hussein military equipment, including biological and chemical weapon seed stock, during the Iran-Iraq war. In December 1998 the US fired over 400 Tomahawk Cruise missiles into Iraq at a cost of 1.1 million dollars each. We can see our society's priorities through where we spend our money.
Money is powerful, and makes a lot of things possible.
Let's make sure that's the education of children rather than their death by a cluster bomb. The last piece to this puzzle is the power of the military contractors. The serious money and lobbying efforts of military contractors and the factory jobs they promise in congressional districts win them fat contracts. We have to speak out to make sure those people are remembered first next time. Last updated January 26, 2000.