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To: Road Walker who wrote (344629)	7/30/2007 7:25:58 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573088

re: How many wars have we been in since the 1960s? How much money was spent on those wars? And, to what effect? Have they "paid for themselves"? Well, it seems the communists made out real well in Vietnam. Wars that have paid for themselves? Nope, I don't see any of the wars America has fought that have paid for themselves with the lone exception of WW II. I would say Korea too but then we have had troops there for over 50 years. That has to have cost a small fortune over the years. Now, of course, wealthy industrialists have profited from these wars but they usually keep the money for themselves; that is, the money above any taxes they might pay. Its the American way! ;-)