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Stupid ....
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If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.
An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records found that the government is still making monthly payments to relatives of Civil War veterans 148 years after the conflict ended.
AP: Costs of US Wars Linger for Over 100 Years - ABC News
Ten Years After ....
"Ten years after it began, the Iraq war still haunts the United States in the nearly 4,500 troops who died there; the more than 30,000 American wounded who have come home; the more than $2 trillion spent on combat operations and reconstruction, which inflated the deficit; and in the lessons learned about the limits of American leadership and power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/opinion/ten-years-after-the-iraq-war-began.html?hp&_r=0
Ten Years After ....
"Ten years after it began, the Iraq war still haunts the United States in the nearly 4,500 troops who died there; the more than 30,000 American wounded who have come home; the more than $2 trillion spent on combat operations and reconstruction, which inflated the deficit; and in the lessons learned about the limits of American leadership and power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/opinion/ten-years-after-the-iraq-war-began.html?hp&_r=0
The United States spent more money bailing out Detroit than it spent on the Iraq war. Spending on both Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 13 years is only about 25% of what was spent on National Defense in total.
Also in terms of US casulaties, lets not forget these wars:
World War I 116,516 died; over 204,002 wounded
World War II 405,399 died; over 670,846 wounded
Korean War 36,516 died; over 103,284 wounded
Vietnam War 60,699 died; over 303,000 wounded
Just take the year 1968 in Vietnam, 16,500 US troops died and over 80,000 were wounded.
Ten Years After ....
"Ten years after it began, the Iraq war still haunts the United States in the nearly 4,500 troops who died there; the more than 30,000 American wounded who have come home; the more than $2 trillion spent on combat operations and reconstruction, which inflated the deficit; and in the lessons learned about the limits of American leadership and power.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/opinion/ten-years-after-the-iraq-war-began.html?hp&_r=0
The United States spent more money bailing out Detroit than it spent on the Iraq war. Spending on both Iraq and Afghanistan over the past 13 years is only about 25% of what was spent on National Defense in total.
Also in terms of US casulaties, lets not forget these wars:
World War I 116,516 died; over 204,002 wounded
World War II 405,399 died; over 670,846 wounded
Korean War 36,516 died; over 103,284 wounded
Vietnam War 60,699 died; over 303,000 wounded
Just take the year 1968 in Vietnam, 16,500 US troops died and over 80,000 were wounded.
So Bush and Cheney had plenty of room for more killing?
Do you think the same goal posts are in place for the 4 (four) Americans killed in Benghazi - who are the Republicans' kill-flavor of the month?
Stupid ...
If history is any judge, the U.S. government will be paying for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for the next century as service members and their families grapple with the sacrifices of combat.
An Associated Press analysis of federal payment records found that the government is still making monthly payments to relatives of Civil War veterans 148 years after the conflict ended.
AP: Costs of US Wars Linger for Over 100 Years - ABC News
As I recall the Associated Press did everything in it's power to give aid and comfort to the enemy during the Iraq war. You couldn't tell the difference between the A.P. stories and Al-Jazeera. Democrats authorized the operation and then did everything they could to undermine the effort. Senate majority Harry Reid told America "the war is lost" just as the Troop surge was underway. Democrats snickered and joked about a full page ad (at a discount price courtesy of the Times) in the NY Times calling the US commander "betray-us" for no other reason than it rhymed with Petraeus.