Iraq and Afghanistan Cooling More Than NASA Budget

This obscene!

The annual cost for cooling troops in Iraq and Afghanistan is $20B! This is according to Steve Anderson, a retired brigadier general who was Gen. Petraeus' chief logistician in Iraq.

How much is $20B? This is $1B more than the entire annual budget of NASA! (which is $19B)

We earthlings really have our priorities wrong.

And to make matters worse: at least 1000 soldiers have been killed transporting fuel during these wars. The majority of the $20B cost comes from fuel needed to heat and cool tents on the front lines.

Who should we complain to? I doubt a letter to your congressman would do any good.

Read more about this on Gizmodo.

Here is another way to think about it:

How many cool and wonderful things that are positive for humanity is NASA doing
Too many to mention
How many cool and wonderful things that are positive for humanity happen in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars
Ummmmm...