More Expensive Than World War One

[Matty]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0829/p15s01-cogn.html

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Despite the relatively small number of American armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan (140,000), the war effort is rapidly shaping up to be the third-most expensive war in United States history.

This conflict has already cost each American at least $850 in military and reconstruction costs since October 2001

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[Felix_Nietsche]

Sure.....if you conviently forget to factor inflation.
Oooooooooooops!
LOL...nice try. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[hurlyburly]

It is adjusted. The article states that everything is listed in 2005 dollars no less than 3 times.

[DVaut1]

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Sure.....if you conviently forget to factor inflation.
Oooooooooooops!
LOL...nice try.

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"In constant inflation-adjusted dollars, the current conflict is the fourth most costly US war, behind World War II, Vietnam, and Korea."

Oooooooooooooops!
LOL...try reading. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[twowords]

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Sure.....if you conviently forget to factor inflation.
Oooooooooooops!
LOL...nice try. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I think if you try to be more objective and less of an ideologue, then this sort of thing might not happen so much. You just wanted it to be wrong.

[cardcounter0]

I have extreme faith that with Halliburton style accounting, this will be the MOST expensive war.

[FishHooks]

Keep in mind the cost of war will go up as time goes by as we become more technical and use less manpower which in turn saves lives.

[Cyrus]

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It is adjusted. The article states that everything is listed in 2005 dollars no less than 3 times.

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Felix_Nietsche must have the information at least 4 times, slowly fed. I explained to him 3 times, for example, that Ronald Reagan raised taxes but he will only respond with "LOLs" and emoticons.


They say it's seasonal.

[Felix_Nietsche]

You just wanted it to be wrong.
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LOL! True. I did NOT read the article. So many lies come from the left I felt very confident making the statement that I did. It turns out the kook left told the truth for once. In WWI we deployed a lot more troops than we did in Iraq and on the surface the assertion seemed ridiculous to me.

Oh well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Still this info doesn't change a thing. We are in Iraq to finish the mission and the bitching from the left won't change a thing.

Enjoy your shallow and meaningless victory. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[BCPVP]

Man, Felix, what happened? Your posts used to be much better than this...