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[Hat tip to Ezra]

Instead of funding the Iraq War, Americans could have done a lot with the money - like give each of us a Toyota Prius or supply the Irish with beer for 1,000 years. War or Car? offers some necessary perspective on the Iraq War’s financial cost. The human cost is worse.

For an earlier, ’straighter’ attempt at this in article form, see Matt Yglesias’ article in the American Prospect, “The Price Is Wrong.”