re: How Much Does the Iraq War Really Cost America?

davide1982 — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:49:29 GMT

This war is the second expensive for U.S. after the World War II. Here I've tried to summarize all costs of the Iraq war for Americans:

www.myhowtoos.com/.../86-all-costs-of-war-in-iraq-for-usa

re: How Much Does the Iraq War Really Cost America?

Brian Gray — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:54:23 GMT

There is no question that hindsight is 20/20 and that we are all good armchair quarterbacks. If any of us would be such great presidents, then I guess we should be running. Frankly there is more classified information on Iraq, the Taliban, and Al Queda than any of us could hope to have time to read.

Therefore, we should recognize that the decision to go to war MAY have been a sound one and it MAY be the reason that we are all still alive today. While that may not be the case, we must at least acknowledge it and stop second guessing every decision that doesn't seem like the right one.

Finally, telling me what could be bought with money that is being spent on the war is pointless. If we were all dead, it would be quite difficult to spend the money, and even less fruitful. The money that is being spent is going places, paying soldiers and buying American made equipment. It's not as though we are buying cheap junk from China with it, or spending it on time wasting video game systems.