http://www.bagofnothing.com/2008/09/military-costs-of-major-us-wars/ Because that's all I have to offer Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:28:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bagofnothing.com/2008/09/military-costs-of-major-us-wars/comment-page-1/#comment-109159 dan Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:58:08 +0000 http://www.bagofnothing.com/?p=17839#comment-109159 I think the Iraq and Afghan war should be considered two theaters of one war. Surprising that World War I and the Civil War were relatively cheap in comparison to Vietnam and the Iraq Wars [even in 2008 dollars]...must be the heavy reliance on material, in particular an Air Force, in later wars. I believe I read that we use one private contractor for every soldier in Iraq. I'm guessing the contractors don't come cheap either I think the Iraq and Afghan war should be considered two theaters of one war. Surprising that World War I and the Civil War were relatively cheap in comparison to Vietnam and the Iraq Wars [even in 2008 dollars]…must be the heavy reliance on material, in particular an Air Force, in later wars. I believe I read that we use one private contractor for every soldier in Iraq. I’m guessing the contractors don’t come cheap either

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