“Almost 3,000 people died as a direct result of the 9.11 attacks, but far more died in the resulting US countermeasures; more than 6,600 US servicemen, and perhaps 130,000 Iraqi citizens and 18,000 Afghani citizen deaths as a result of the violence. The 9.11 attacks are also a perfect example of one of our prime tenets of Valuism, how much easier it is to destroy value than to create it. The 9.11 terrorists attacks cost perhaps $400-$500,000, including planning over two years. They resulted in perhaps $2 trillion in damages, and that does not include the cost of the counterresponses of American military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. The two trillion figure includes only the loss of the hijacked aircraft, destruction of World trade center buildings, other property and infrastructure damage, job losses, increased federal security costs in the US, loss of air traffic revenue, financial market losses, etc. ”
