4000 deaths is a horror. But there are economic costs that are crippling our nation.
When Clinton left office, the US had a half a trillion dollars in the bank. That surplus is gone now. The war has cost anywhere from 3 to 7 trillion dollars (with no end in sight if McCain wins).
How can one put those numbers into perspective?
Suppose someone were to give you a dollar every second. Would you want them to stop at a million, a billion or a trillion?
A million seconds will pass in 12 days.
A billion seconds will pass in 32 years.
A trillion seconds will pass in 32,000 years.
So what we have spent so far would take at least 100,000 years just to count.

I read where the cost of the Iraqi war is $40,000 for each American family. I'd rather that money go to the victims of Katrina.