The last TOTAL war was WWII.
over the course of the last 6 years the average cost of a soldier in IRAQ annually is $390,000.00
During the height of the Iraq War, it cost the people of the United States about $1.8 billion per week. Over the course of the war, it has cost several trillion dollars.
Korean war cost roughly about: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billion dollars Iraq war cost roughly: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion dollars And finally, the Bailout: the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars
During World War 2 the total casualty lost by Iraq were only about 500.
At current rates the Iraq war will cost around $800B by 2011 or roughly $100B per year that the U.S. troops have been engaged in the Iraq war.
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/war_spending.php
500,000 per miniute
10 trillion dollars
"Opportunity cost" could be opportunities for US/Iraqi contract employment for bettering their nation.
More than a half a trillion US dollars to date (9 June 2008)- see http://zfacts.com/p/447.html
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