6.6 billion pounds in Afghanistan so far?

In the UK, a few hospitals, schools, better police...

I wonder what the combined US costs are??!!

As Barack Obama said recently in a speech - if the USA had spent just 10% of the war costs on doing something positive (like building schools, hospitals etc) then it would not be the pariah of most of the world.

Starts tonight at 10.30pm BBC2 - 10 days to War

New series of short dramas detailing the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, as seen by senior figures involved in the decision-making at that time.

The first episode is set behind the scenes at the Foreign Office. While Tony Blair faces a televised grilling, a senior government lawyer faces a personal crisis and plans her resignation. Juliet Stevenson and Kate Ashfield star.