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The U.S. attacked Vietnam because of the Gulf of Tonkin incident. But the Gulf of Tonkin incident never occurred. It was fabricated by President Johnson to justify attacking Vietnam and dramatically increase military expenditures.

There were no Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. The Bush Administration fabricated the evidence to justify attacking Iraq and increase military expenditures.

To date, the U.S. attack and occupation of Iraq has cost the people of the U.S. 600 billion dollars.

The U.S. economy is at a near standstill, millions of Americans go without healthcare, millions of Americans are homeless, the infrastructure of America is crumbling, education in America has become a privilege rather than a right. Where has that 600 billion dollars of our money

U.S. Department of Defense contracts* (billions of dollars) 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total 1

Lockheed Martin

$17

$22

$20.7

$19.4

$26.6

$105.7

2

Boeing

16.5

17.3

17

18.3

20.3

89.4

3

Northrop Grumman

8.7

11.1

11.9

13.5

16.6

61.8

4

General Dynamics

6.9

8.2

9.6

10.6

10.5

45.8

5

Raytheon

7

7.9

8.5

9.1

10

42.5

6

KBR Inc.

0.5

3.9

8

5.8

6

24.2

3.6

4.5

5

5

4.4

22.5

171

209

230

269

295

1,17 4

United 7 Technologies

Tota l

Americans killed in various wars

Americans killed in Iraq by age

More Americans have been killed in Iraq than were killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center

Iraq was not involved in the attacks on the World Trade Center

It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians have been killed since the U.S. attack

Top 10 States with Highest Poverty Rate, 2005-2006 State Below Poverty Level 1. Mississippi 2. District of Columbia 3. Louisiana 4. New Mexico 5. Arkansas 5. West Virginia   7. Kentucky 7. Oklahoma 9. Texas 10. Alabama

% People 21.1% 19.6% 19.0% 18.5% 17.3% 17.3% 17.0% 17.0% 16.9% 16.6%U.S. U.S. Census Bureau 2006

Top Ten States with Highest Percentage of Children under 18 Living in Poverty    T

State District of Columbia   Below Poverty Level

Mississippi Louisiana New Mexico West Virginia   Arkansas Oklahoma Texas Alabama Kentucky

% Children

32.6 % 29.5 % 27.8 % 25.6 % 25.2 % 24.3 % 24.3 % 23.9 % 23.0 % 22.8 %  U.S. Census Bureau 2006

“According to World Bank estimates, $54 billion a year would eliminate starvation and malnutrition globally by 2015”

The World Bank makes a stark comparison when it draws the connection between using money for war rather than for food and education in its estimate that the $611 billion spent thus far by the United States in its attack and occupation of Iraq “could have fed and educated the world’s poor for seven years”

“In our world every day, on average, more than 26,000 children under the age of five die, most of them from preventable causes.”

The total enrollment for Portland State University in the 2006-2007 academic year 24,284. 26,000 children die each day due to preventable causes

In Oregon alone taxpayers have contributed $3.7 billion dollars toward the U.S. attack and occupation in Iraq since 2003

Those tax contributions, from Oregon taxpayers alone, could instead have provided “1,097,669 children with health care,” or built “387 new elementary schools,” or provided “654,372 scholarships for university students,” or “64,283 elementary school teachers”

If we are not going to choose to end poverty, preventable child deaths, and illiteracy around the globe, shouldn’t we at least provide education, housing, and healthcare here at home?

Many of the conflicts in our world are due to imbalance in resource distribution. Helping to provide for the needs of people could go a long way to curing the ills that lead to conflict.

But if profit and domination are the goal for our political, corporate and military leaders, then curing the ills that lead to conflict would be contrary to their goals.

There is not much short-term economic gain, it seems, in helping to alleviate suffering.

Study: Bush led U.S. to war on 'false pretenses' . President Bush, and officials in his administration, made 935 false statements on Iraq in the two years following the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a new study.

Following 9/11, President Bush and seven top officials of his administration waged a carefully orchestrated campaign of misinformation about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq. According to The Center For Public Integrity

President Bush, having repeatedly linked Saddam Hussein to the terrorist organization behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said yesterday there is no evidence that the deposed Iraqi leader had a hand in those attacks, in contrast to the belief of most Americans. "No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September the 11th," Bush said. ` BBC 18 September, 2003, 6 months after the U.S. attack on Iraq