Who wins in Syria? Why, the world's arms makers, of course

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http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-syria-military-hardware-cost-esimates-20130829,0,1077073.story



The $5+ billion dollar Zumwalt-class destroyer being built in Bath, ME. Pssst - Nimitz-class aircraft carriers usta cost 'only' $4.5 billion dollars.

Who wins in Syria? Why, the world's arms makers, of course
By Paul Whitefield
August 29, 2013, 1:06 p.m.

So you say the Syrians have it coming for gassing their own citizens?

OK, let’s skip that debate, then, and get down to the nuts and bolts: How much is this “measured response” gonna cost?

Call it “Bang for Our Bucks.”

Now, it’s hard to predict what a war will cost. Just ask the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld boys; remember their estimates that the Iraq war would, in essence, pay for itself through increased oil revenue and recovered assets?