Reply #19: I can't believe this is more than Vietnam

[ctaylor721a]

"The annual cost of the war in Iraq now exceeds that of the Vietnam War at its height. Adjusted for inflation, the U.S. in 1968 spent $121 billion in Vietnam and a total of $631 billion for the duration of the war, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

The Iraq Study Group, in the report it released Dec. 6, estimated the cost of the war in Iraq and postwar reconstruction will soar to $2 trillion, about 20 times the Bush administration estimate ahead of the March 2003 invasion. "

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I can't even think of how the American people benefitted from this expenditure. Whether the Iraqi peopl even benefitted is an open question.