Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

[richlevy]

Originally Posted by Griff

We've had lots of liars. LBJ is right there with Wilson and Bush in shear criminality.

Looking at the chart WWI, WWII, and the Korean War were not 'US' Wars. Technically, Afghanistan-Iraq also are not, but with over %90 of the forces involved and probably an even larger percentage of the cost tied to the US, it really is a US-led show.

Was the $3.2 trillion for WWII all from the US?

BTW, the 820 billion for Iraq/Afghanistan only includes current costs, and even then not those buried in defense spending. I'm not sure I trust the $3 trillion figure being thrown around, but I would at least double the 820B if including post-war costs even if the war were called off tomorrow.

In terms of bang for the buck, Iraq will go down in history as the worst strategic blunder the US has ever made.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by richlevy

Was the $3.2 trillion for WWII all from the US?

That is the impression I get from the labeling. The article in Reason it comes from is about the cost of our present war so they would want to minimize the WW2 numbers.