To put these aid agencies’ $200 million financial shortfall in depressing perspective: that’s the cost of only 100 troops in Afghanistan for a year, just three and a half hours of FY2012 US military spending, or the cost to EA Inc. of developing the “Star Wars: The Old Republic” game.
Steve Hynd at The Agonist. Six Million Face Famine In Sahel For Want of 3.5 Hours US Military Spending (via protoslacker)