Sometimes the numbers just don't make sense: £12 Billion spent by UK forces occupying the sovereign nation of Afghanistan. A sum that could have paid for 60,000 teachers, 77,000 nurses or 23 hospitals.

 

An annual Global Military spend of $1, 531, 000, 000, 000 could pay for...well, anything that we ever wanted to achieve as humans.

 

John & Yoko sat in bed, Gandhi made salt - you can click for peace. Once, twice - as many times as you like. By the simple act of clicking your mouse, you can register your support for peaceful protest. It might not change the world, but you may feel just that bit better for it.

 

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$390,000: Cost of deploying one American Soldier for one year
Zero: The number of weapons on Mass Destruction found in Iraq
$1.531 Trillion: Annual Global Military Expenditure
Zero: The number of UK civilian deaths from acts of terrorism from 2006-2011
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There have been an average of 58 wars per decade in the 2oth Century
12 Billion GBP: Cost of UK occupation of Afghanistan could have bought 60,000 Teachers, 77,000 Nurses, 23 Hospitals
Life Expectancy at Birth: UK - 79.92 years ; Afghanistan - 44.65 years
0.6 miles mer gallon: The fuel efficiency of the M1 Abrams, US Army Tank
There are a quarter million child soldiers worldwide
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