I hate to break this to you, but the U.S. action in Iraq has gone on longer that this country's involvement in WWII and what do we have to show for it?
Pentagon sees US war cost in Iraq rising
WASHINGTON: The steadily rising Iraq war price tag will reach about $8.4 billion a month this year, Pentagon spokesmen said on Thursday, as heavy replacement costs for lost, destroyed and aging equipment mount.
The Pentagon has been estimating last year’s costs for the increasingly unpopular war at about $8 billion a month, having increased from a monthly “burn rate” of around $4.4 billion during the first year of fighting in fiscal 2003.
[Article date January 20, 2007]
This war cannot be compared to any other as far as time.
If you want to compare the body count however, this war is a picnic compared to World War 2. (1.2 million casualties in 4 years)
Vietnam lasted 9 years and we lost 10 times what we have lost here. We either fight and win in Iraq, or we run for cover and fight here in the US later. But I will guarantee the body count to be 100 times greater if allow it to come here.
About 400,000 fewer casualties, for starters.
All our cities are more or less intact. Well except for New Orleans, and the terrorists had nothing do with that quagmire, except for the NOPD and NO mayor that is.
We've got pile and piles of dead terrorists that won't be shooting up your local mall.
We've got at least semi-functioning Free governments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Functioning in the face of foreign and foreign supported terrorist actions the likes of which even Israel has rarely experienced. The Mad Mullahs and Angry Ayatollahs are giving it their best shot, and are not winning.
I hate to break it to you, but we are STILL in Japan and Germany, 62 years after the end of WWII, and what do we have to show for it?