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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: SilentZ who wrote (369591)2/2/2008 3:29:31 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (1) of 1583937
 
Putting War Funding Into Perspective
by Plutonium Page
Sat Feb 02, 2008 at 08:55:14 AM PST
Christopher Helleman and Travis Sharp of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation have put the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars into perspective. There's really not much to say, except... wow:

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HISTORICAL COSTS OF U.S. WARS (In 2007 Dollars)

World War II
$3.2 trillion
Iraq and Afghanistan To Date $695.7 billion
Vietnam War $670 billion
World War I $364 billion
Korean War $295 billion
Persian Gulf War $94 billion
Civil War (both Union and Confederate costs) $81 billion
Spanish-American War $7 billion
American Revolution $4 billion
Mexican War $2 billion
War of 1812 $1 billion
Source: Congressional Research Service and Office of Management and Budget data.
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