0851012 The Price We Pay For War
10
The Price We Pay for War
description
This presentation gives a brief overview of war from a social/psychological, ecological and economical perspective. The facts of war are presented in a way that makes it difficult to justify wars or armed conflicts. If wars are this devastating, should we still engage in them?
Transcript of 0851012 The Price We Pay For War
The Price We Pay for War
War’s Price tag War affects everyone from citizens in war-torn
countries, to nations across the international community. Typically most individuals understand that war has some economic drawbacks, but do not realize that there are also social/psychological and environmental costs that have a severe impact.
In this time of economic uncertainty and ecological crisis, should we be willing to spend billions of dollars to kill others when there are people in our own countries and around the world who are dying of hunger? Should we use nuclear bombs to cripple the environment instead of putting our efforts into new technologies to reverse climate change?
These are just a few of the issues that are presented when war is examined more closely.
Social/Psychological Costs
The death of loved ones and war trauma can devastate the lives of those on both sides of conflict.• Death causes emotional wounds that are never healed for loves ones.• Children are orphaned,
no breadwinners, or source of income for families.
• War traumatizes soldiers causing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Casualties of WarMajor wars: millions of deaths
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
30 YearsWar
WWI WWII Vietnam War War in Iraq
Environmental Costs of War
The earth takes a toll through
carpet bombing and military
technology use.• Lower layers of soil are
damaged 7000 years after a
bomb.• Ecological causes take a
backseat to war.• Arms production and tests
pollute water and air supplies
Economic Costs of War
War has economic toll on developing countries. Consider the following:• The price of one fighter jet could buy a quarter of a million tonnes of rice• War in El Salvador reduced the living standard by half it was before the war.• The 1980-88 Iran/Iraq war cost Iran $644 billion dollars
Major Military Spenders 2007
US 547
China 140
Russia 78.8
UK 54.7
Saudi Arabia52.8
Billions of Dollars
Where else could 873.8 billion dollars have gone?
SourcesImages:http://reuters.socialpicks.com/discuss/show/5478http://newsblaze.com/story/20060208080725nnnn.nb/topstory.htmlhttp://www.prodstrategy.com/blog/2007/03/amazing_vanneva.htmlhttp://wallpapers.pixxp.com/24__tank_challenger.htmhttp://picasaweb.google.com/rszumlak/Phonsavan#5187534860422830786http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:HendersonBomb.gifhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/nyregion/11funeral.html?
_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Info:The Costs of War by H.Ware. The No-Nonsense Guide to Conflict and Peace
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.htmlhttp://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gqgQCcv26kB1dkgZRZNHmbn_1J8gD93N9U5O2http://www.iraqbodycount.org/http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat0.htmhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mo-budget.htm
