4) War in Iraq costly

The United States military effort in Iraq is extremely expensive, and will continue to be no matter what happens. Before the United States invaded Iraq, it was estimated that these combat operations would cost fifty billion dollars. This is nothing compared to what it actually costs. The cost of the war on terror is estimated to be five-hundred billion dollars. Without the activities in Afghanistan, it costs three-hundred bullion dollars for combat in Iraq. Each soldier costs around two-hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. Add in investments in equipment and facilities and the cost will rise to three-hundred and sixty thousand dollars. In 2007, the Pentagon will ask for anywhere between one-hundred and twenty billion to one-hundred and sixty billion dollars, making it the largest funding request for this global war. In October of this year, Congress permitted seventy billion dollars to pay for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq through the first six months of FY 2007. Thus far, the White House has shown little help to fund Iraq and Afghanistan with the regular budget. However Congress, which will soon be controlled by democrats, will attempt to increase pressure on the White House to desert the density of the emergency bill approach.

Besides World War II, the war on terror has been the most costly. However, every war has been expensive, and will be in the future. The Revolutionary War, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries cost little over two billion dollars. The costs per person averaged to almost five-hundred dollars. The War of 1812, which lasted from 1812 until 1815 cost over one billion dollars, and one-hundred and twenty-nine dollars per person. It had cost almost two billion dollars to fund the Mexican War, from 1846 until 1848. This cost seventy-three dollars for each person. The Civil War, lasting from 1861 to 1865 cost sixty-seven billion dollars, averaging one-thousand eight-hundred dollars per person. The Spanish-American War, which was fought in 1898, cost ten billion dollars in total, and over one-hundred dollars per person. World War I, which was fought during the years 1917 and 1918 cost two-hundred billion dollars, and almost three-thousand per person. However, World War I cost much less than World War II, which cost over three-trillion during the years 1941 until 1945. During this war, it cost twenty-two thousand dollars per person. From 1950 until 1953, the Korean War cost an estimate of three-hundred and sixty billion dollars, and two-thousand four-hundred dollars per person. The longest of these wars, the eight-year Vietnam War, cost five-hundred billion dollars, and two-thousand three-hundred dollars per person.