@Icccblog, the entire text is right there in the video, just write it down and translate it.I love the video, well made and polished. I enjoy how each aspect has it’s own cog in the animation whilst still maintaining the same feel.

Wow.  Amazing when you put it to me like that.  I am your usual simple minded American.  Someone should make this a commercial. 

what editor did they use? I want to learn how to make stuff like that. 

The editing/design on this video is as fantastic as the content is totally horrifying. how do you make a movie like this?

This is absolutely the best video I’ve seen about the hidden costs of war.   The visuals, the music, and the narrator’s voice are irresistable, almost hypnotic.  Interesting approach.

How would I embed this video? I just blogged it. Andy

http://andybosselman.blogspot.com/

This is an engaging video. 

Hello…its beautiful work, I want to translate it to arabic…can anyone send me a soft copy script?

Thanks,

http://www.firas3d.com

that’s why i hate WAR!

This video was very well done, and very eye opening. I’m going to ask my teachers to show this in their classes.

Style over substance, that’s what this video is. How can you talk about
the hidden costs of war without even mentioning all the human loses
that these wars have caused? If you want to continue with the cynical
style of the video, you could even go so far as to put a price tag on
the grief of the families of killed soldiers (reduced productivity,
sick days at work, etc.). And as usual, only the US-American view is
presented – as if the war didn’t cost the nations that the US attacked
anything.

I feel to say that’s amazing

“Obama has said that on his first day as president, he will summon the
Joint Chiefs of Staff to the White House and give them a new mission:
responsibly ending the war.”"The new U.S.-Iraqi security pact goes into effect next month. It
replaces a UN mandate that gives the U.S.-led coalition broad powers to
conduct military operations and detain people without charge if they
were believed to pose a security threat.
The bilateral agreement changes some of those terms and calls for
all American troops to be withdrawn by the end of 2011, in two stages.”reference: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/14/bush-iraq.htmlnot too sure if the cost will actually reach 3 trillion dollars.

Thank god i dont live in US

I was also pretty sickened by the fact that no humanity was considered as a factor. It’s as if money matter a god damn thing when innocents are killed by the masses, and propaganda and false information is spread to justify it.

Great video, very informing!I was unaware of the costs having to do with the wars in the Middle East.May I suggest a video concerning casualties due to the war?Now there are some overwhelming figures. I have read sources in the mainstream media stating 80 000- 90 000 civilian deaths and upwards of 1.3 million deaths related to the war since it began in 2003, as stated in independent media sources.

This video needs a little fact-checking.The one piece that stood out to me is the cost paid out to the families of killed soldiers. All military sign up for a life insurance policy that the members themselves pay for. The more you pay into it, the more your family receives upon your untimely demise, up to approximately $500,000. This video pretends that the taxpayer shoulders that debt on top of military pay. This makes me wonder what else in this video is false.

You need to do a little fact checking yourself. Serviceman’s Group Life Insurance (SGLI) is purchased by the VA through a commercial insurance provider and subsidized by the federal government. ALL soldiers are automatically covered up to the maximum $400,000 regardless of the amount of money they have contributed to their premium.

This just demonstrates how much America is screwed. Soooo bad.

$3 Trillion huh?   Well, still is cheaper than bailing out the banks.  Only adds up to $375 Billion per year.   $700 Billion has been paid and lost since the bailout was approved in October 2008.  Not too bright are the people that GOODmarked this article.

Thank you for doing this Good. It truly is a service to the public.Something I would reallllyy love to know is how much the Iraqi people are paying. That is a topic that has not been presented often. [Obviously, both sides are loosing humanHow are they being taxed? What is their unemployment rate? How high is their interest? Where do they keep their savings? Under mattresses?

anybody want to talk about the cost of not going to war and what that means to the Iraqi people?

RE: “anybody want to talk about the cost of not going to war and what that means to the Iraqi people?”I agree. And you can just ask the Shia in Iraq and especially Kurds. They know all to well.

Eternal Vigilance is the price of liberty! Our country lost sight of that with the Bush regime, and with previous administrations from the past 20-30 years . . . A revolution in consciousness is needed in this country to rightfully correct the mistakes of the past.