Definitely a bookmark! Very interesting stuff here. Can't wait to show some super pro-Bush people that I know this.
Jul-19-2003 22:41
Shakka
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Looked pretty scientific.
Jul-19-2003 22:54
fuct4less
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think of all the classes bush could take with this money! he couldve finally learned the alphabet!
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Jul-19-2003 23:05
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That's chump change compared to what they've spent on a far more ridiculous war - the war on drugs, but I digress...
In any case one can be reasonably sure that even if we didn't spend all that money on the war in Iraq, we wouldn't have spent it wisely anyway. Best that our government doesn't take it away from us in the first place to fund its inane project-o-the-moment.
Jul-19-2003 23:27
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I'm sure that Bush would have galdly used that money for some other pointless war...
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Jul-20-2003 04:32
Spin Doctor
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If any weapons of mass destruction are found I’d be willing to speculate they were a plant anyway.
By the bye, cool link.
Jul-21-2003 00:42
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quote:
Conflict Cost in Current/ $ Billions/ Per Capita
1990s (in $1990)
The Revolution (1775-1783) .10 / 1.2 /$ 342.86
War of 1812 (1812-1815) .09 / 0.7 / 92.11
Mexican War (1846-1848) .07 / 1.1 / 52.13
Civil War (1861-1865): Union 3.20 / 27.3 / 1,041.98
: Confederate 2.00 / 17.1 / 2,111.11
: Combined 5.20 / 44.4 / 1,294.46
Spanish American War (1898) .40 / 6.3 / 84.45
World War I (1917-1918) 26.00 / 196.5 / 1,911.47
World War II (1941-1945) 288.00 / 2,091.3 / 15,655.17
Korea (1950-1953) 54.00 / 263.9 / 1,739.62
Vietnam (1964-1972) 111.00 / 346.7 / 1,692.04
Gulf War (1990-1991) 61.00 / 61.1 / 235.00
Sorry for the bad formatting. In per capita costs, it's not all that different from previous wars in the past. We'll see how much the total cost is following the end of conflict however.
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Jul-21-2003 14:40
DR86
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quote:
Originally posted by occrider
Sorry for the bad formatting. In per capita costs, it's not all that different from previous wars in the past. We'll see how much the total cost is following the end of conflict however.
Yeah, but thosw ars were more necessary and at least there was a reason for them!!!
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Jul-21-2003 20:55
LiquidX
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Rumsfeld reported that some 4 or 9 thousand millions of dollars are spend monthly on Iraq alone... add Afghanistan.. mmmm scary numbers.
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