Does anyone know the actual cost of the two wars we have had going for many years? Has anyone compiled the cost of equipment repairs and replacement, the medical needs of the wounded veterans and family support of those who will never return... I wonder what the hidden costs of the wars have or will be compared to the govts. released figures.. Methinks the hidden costs are the big future issue!!!!!!!!!... ......ned
Does anyone know the actual cost of the two wars we have had going for many years? Has anyone compiled the cost of equipment repairs and replacement, the medical needs of the wounded veterans and family support of those who will never return... I wonder what the hidden costs of the wars have or will be compared to the govts. released figures.. Methinks the hidden costs are the big future issue!!!!!!!!!... ...ned
Most of the estimates I'm finding are at 4 trillion +. Most of them say they include medical needs of the veterans up to 2020. I don't know if any estimates include the cost of shipping all of the equipment back home/storage of equipment once back. What are we going to do with all the left over war items? Tanks, weapons, god-only-knows-what-else. It's not like they can hold a yard sale to get rid of it and get some money back. I agree with you on the hidden costs, and I'm sure we will never know what that will be.
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You do realize that we didn't create an armed force to go to war, right? The equipment will go back to the fort/base they took it from.
The transportation costs to get the stuff back to the bases/forts will be insignificant compared to the $4,000,000,000,000.00 we've already spent.
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The people are masters of both Congress and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it!
Our function for the next 100 years is one of world policemen. We are not going to be the richest by any stretch, but we are going to export war and attempt to control it. We will keep the best equipment for ourselves. We are now world policemen. The drug war may have been our training.
China will be an economic powerhouse that will dwarf us but we'll be the cops with the weapons.
It's all gonna be fine until 2056 when China tires of the cost and goes in house.
I have a way of seeing the future that I can't explain. . It's why I'm free and you wouldn't be had you walked in my shoes. I can tell you because anything you do won't change the future.
You do realize that we didn't create an armed force to go to war, right? The equipment will go back to the fort/base they took it from.
The transportation costs to get the stuff back to the bases/forts will be insignificant compared to the $4,000,000,000,000.00 we've already spent.
But what will it cost to repair or replace equipment, tanks, planes etc. after all the sand damage to engines, tracks, bearings, etc? it will not be insignificant by no means! Another instance of a war charged on the nations credit card...Another cost to be put at Obama's feet by McConnell, and Boehner, and Cantor, because they don't have the guts to tax those that can afford to pay!...ned
"Now that we've failed most basic diplomatic mission to even convince the Iraqis to let us have a base there--what do we do with them?"
We've built an infrastructure--bases and airports--electrical grids, etc.
The Iraqis are more afraid of Iran than they are of the U.S.--and who can blame them with the constant U.S. vacillation on policy? The Obama Administration is perceived as weak by most of the world--most nations know that they can't count on the U.S. to do what they say they will do. The Iraqis decided to pal up with their old enemies instead of the waffling U.S. That says a lot of our foreign policy--or lack thereof.
Iraq expects that it will be like Vietnam--we will just leave. If Obummer had any foreign policy experience (or a backbone) he would have told them "Yes--we will leave--and when we do, we will take our airbases--take our improvements, take our oil industry improvements, take our electricity system--and you will go back to where you were. I'm sure there is even another Saddam to rule you."
"And by the way--we won't be buying any of that oil from you, either--you'll be like your new pal Iran--sitting on lakes of oil--and no way to use it."
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"Now that we've failed most basic diplomatic mission to even convince the Iraqis to let us have a base there--what do we do with them?"
The reason it's unasked is nobody wants to be accused of asking a dumb question.
So, now you want to put military bases in every country we're involved with? How much military spending is enough for you conservatives? We've been in Germany, Japan, and South Korea for 40-50 years after we built bases there. Do you kooks really want America's younger generations hanging out in that dump for another 40-50 years?
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We've built an infrastructure--bases and airports--electrical grids, etc.
Well, we did blow them up when we preemptively attacked a sovereign nation.
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The Iraqis are more afraid of Iran than they are of the U.S.--and who can blame them with the constant U.S. vacillation on policy? The Obama Administration is perceived as weak by most of the world--most nations know that they can't count on the U.S. to do what they say they will do. The Iraqis decided to pal up with their old enemies instead of the waffling U.S. That says a lot of our foreign policy--or lack thereof.
You seriously can't believe that they're getting better relations with Iran because of Obama's foreign policy.
-------------- The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government"
The people are masters of both Congress and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it!
......ned 
