War in Iraq = $$$$$$$$

The United States military effort in Iraq is extremely expensive, and will continue to be no matter what happens. It was estimated before the invasion of Iraq that these combat operations would cost approximately fifty billion dollars. This, however, is nothing compared to what the war actually costs. The cost of the war on terror is estimated to be five-hundred billion dollars. Subtract the activities in Afghanistan, and it costs three-hundred bullion dollars for the combat in Iraq. Each soldier costs almost three-hundred thousand dollars. When investments in equipment and facilities are added in, the cost rises to almost four-hundred thousand dollars. This year, the Pentagon is asking for anywhere from one-hundred and twenty billion to one-hundred and sixty billion dollars. This makes 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 costed the most so far. The Revolutionary War cost over two billion dollars. The costs per person averaged to approximately five-hundred dollars. The War of 1812, which lasted from 1812 until 1815 cost over one billion dollars; one-hundred and twenty-nine dollars per person. It cost almost two billion dollars to fund the Mexican War, which began in 1846 and ended in 1848. This war cost seventy-three dollars per person. The Civil War, lasting from 1861 to 1865, cost the United States sixty-seven billion dollars, averaging to one-thousand eight-hundred dollars per person. The Spanish-American War, 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. World War I, however, 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. In the early 1950s, the Korean War cost an estimate of three-hundred and sixty billion dollars, and two-thousand four-hundred dollars per person. The eight-year Vietnam War, the longest of all of these wars, cost five-hundred billion dollars, and two-thousand three-hundred dollars per person.