The Cost Of War

[displacedtexan]

mods, please delete if this is a dupe. i've been sick.

Have you seen this Iraq War Counter?

http://costofwar.com/

[TexasEditor]

1. This may also be a dupe...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A50631-2003Sep9?language=printer

washingtonpost.com

The $87 Billion Question

By Terry M. Neal
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 10, 2003; 10:11 AM

At what price security?

That is the fundamental question about America's involvement in Iraq, both in terms of lives lost and money spent.

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"... the $166 billion that has been spent or requested exceeds "the inflation-adjusted costs of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War and the Persian Gulf War combined" and "approaches the $191 billion inflation-adjusted cost of World War I."

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Although members of Congress from both parties indicate that Bush's supplemental request is likely to pass, the debate has just begun about whether the war is a monumental but worthy sacrifice or a monumental waste of human life and resources.

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