Truth Warrior
06-19-2008, 05:00 AM
U.S. War Historical Cost (in 2007 dollars)
World War II $3.2 trillion
Iraq & Afghanistan To Date $695.7 billion
Vietnam War $670 billion
World War I $364 billion
Korean War $295 billion
Persian Gulf War $94 billion
Civil War (both Union & Confederate) $81 billion
Source: Congressional Research Service & Office of Management and Budget data
War Is A Racket
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm
So if war is a racket, does that mean and make the US Federal government a racket also, or merely a racketeer?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racketeer
World War II $3.2 trillion
Iraq & Afghanistan To Date $695.7 billion
Vietnam War $670 billion
World War I $364 billion
Korean War $295 billion
Persian Gulf War $94 billion
Civil War (both Union & Confederate) $81 billion
Source: Congressional Research Service & Office of Management and Budget data
War Is A Racket
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm
So if war is a racket, does that mean and make the US Federal government a racket also, or merely a racketeer?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/racketeer