Friday, April 7, 2017

Here's What $30 Million Buys In Syria

Each Tomahawk missile costs at least $500,000, so last night's US strike on Syria cost in excess of $30 million:

(Russian defence ministry spokesman Maj Gen Igor) Konashenkov said “the combat efficiency of the U.S. strike was very low,” adding that only 23 of the 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles reached the Shayrat air base in the province of Homs.

He said it destroyed six MiG-23 fighter jets of the Syrian air force which were under repairs, but didn’t damage other Syrian warplanes at the base.

Konashenkov added that the base’s runway also has been left undamaged.

Source - https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/apr/07/us-syria-response-donald-trump-assad-pentagon-live?page=with:block-58e76adee4b05776df18b741#block-58e76adee4b05776df18b741

The cost of those missiles is enough to feed over 7 million people.

Source - https://www.numbeo.com/food-prices/country_result.jsp?country=Syria

If we were Christians, here is how we would deal with our enemies:

Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:43-45 KJV

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Romans 12:20 KJV

If your priest or minister tells you otherwise, you belong to a false church.

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