Iraq War's Price Tag Nears Vietnam's

[forestal]

oh, heck, doin' right ain't got no price tag!

(AP) The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War's expense, a congressional report estimates, while spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it.

The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has spent $648 billion on Iraq war operations, putting it in range with the $686 billion, in 2008 dollars, spent on the Vietnam War, the second most expensive war behind World War II. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. has doled out almost $860 billion for military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world.

All estimates, adjusted for inflation, are based on the costs of military operations and don't include expenses for veterans benefits, interest on war-related debts or assistance to war allies, according to the nonpartisan CRS.

[daileyck1]

Thank you China for lending this money for a good cause

[RadioPatrol]

Your Right Frosty ......... we could have ended this Shi'ite 6 yrs ago of Bush Co would have had the balls to drop a Doz 25 Megaton Nukes ....


Mecca, Medina, Baghdad, Tehran, Qom, Iranian Nuke Plant, Kabul, Caves where Bin Hidden was ..... Jordan Capital, Syrian Capital ....

Or maybe just Persistent VX

[foodcritic]

Originally Posted by forestal

oh, heck, doin' right ain't got no price tag!

(AP) The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the Vietnam War's expense, a congressional report estimates, while spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it.

The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the U.S. has spent $648 billion on Iraq war operations, putting it in range with the $686 billion, in 2008 dollars, spent on the Vietnam War, the second most expensive war behind World War II. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. has doled out almost $860 billion for military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere around the world.

All estimates, adjusted for inflation, are based on the costs of military operations and don't include expenses for veterans benefits, interest on war-related debts or assistance to war allies, according to the nonpartisan CRS.

I would like to know what the cost of operating the military is. Adding the war portion of funding certainly adds to the cost. Are the figures including what would be operational costs of the military non war status?
In any case funding the war is at historically normal % of GDP of our country. Liberals need to stop pointing to the military as wasting our dollars when we can easily look at the COMPLETE and utter nonsense we see now....Bailouts for everyone including bad home purchases.

Bush has been terrible when it comes to spending BUT think how much worse a liberal president will be....Scary

[RadioPatrol]

Originally Posted by foodcritic

Liberals need to stop pointing to the military as wasting our dollars when we can easily look at the COMPLETE and utter nonsense we see now....Bailouts for everyone including bad home purchases.

Bush has been terrible when it comes to spending BUT think how much worse a liberal president will be....Scary

well to socialists it is wasting money they could be giving away to buy more votes .... or funding pet projects to protect snail darters ... or Homos in SF Cali ....