The cost of war in Iraq, the storage depot in Kuwait where used up vehicle batteries, tires and much else awaits refurbishment or recycling. Strategy PageCalculating The Costs Of War -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, The Washington Times
Defense establishment and public agree: It’s time to cut back.
Leon E. Panetta’s first major address as defense secretary was c clearly designed to be magisterial, the credo of the Free World, still headed by the United States, cognizant of its worldwide responsibilities, albeit with much budgetary belt-tightening. He didn’t mention the two wasteful wars that had little to do with defending Western civilization.
The eight-year Iraq war cost a cool $1 trillion and today Iran, according to a key Iraqi official now in government, wields more influence in Baghdad than the United States with an embassy staff of 1,400.
The Afghan war, including fiscal 2012, will have cost $557 billion. Keeping one U.S. soldier in Afghanistan - the longest war in U.S. history - is now running a tad over $1 million a year.
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My Comment: A sobering recap on how much our wars have cost (and are costing).