WAGES OF WAR

$500 billion: 

Projected total cost of medical care for U.S. veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

1:1: 

Ration of this expense to total military spending on both wars to date

1 in 4: 

Chance that an Iraq war veteran who has served two or more tours now has post-traumatic stress disorder

102: 

Number of confirmed suicides in U.S. Army in 2006

Harper's Magazine (February)
as reported in Christian Century, March 25, 2008