Friday, October 1, 2010

'US unable to afford its huge war costs'


Press TV Interview with
Gareth Porter

"A new study shows that the long-term costs of the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq doubles initial estimates, suggesting the revised six-trillion-dollar figure.

Apart from the new estimates by the Nobel Prize winner for economics Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard University Professor Linda Bilmes, more than a million of the American veterans are either seeking post-combat care or applying for disability benefits.

The following is the transcript of Press TV's interview with Gareth Porter, historian and investigative journalist from Washington....."

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