Can anyone help me to outline the article, "What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy-NYTimes"?

Question

I'm not allowed to post website,but the article can be googled.

I'm not quite sure which sentence among the article is the the thesis.

thanks

Answer 1

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html?ex=1326690000&en=7f221bfce7a6408c&ei=5090

I am not certain the thesis is set in a single sentence, but rather developed as one reads along.
The thesis is that war has great costs that could be spent on alternative works.