It's finally over

**Xei** · 08-19-2010 07:33 PM

To be honest I don't think the war was particularly important with respects to the economy.

**Spartiate** · 08-19-2010 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by Xei

To be honest I don't think the war was particularly important with respects to the economy.

COSTOFWAR.COM - The Cost of War

**dajo** · 08-19-2010 07:43 PM

i'm listening..

**juroara** · 08-19-2010 07:54 PM

pffft...nice one. Iraq war over, hah.

Seriously?

**Xei** · 08-19-2010 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by Spartiate

COSTOFWAR.COM - The Cost of War

omg leik big number

Seriously you can't just post '$750,000,000,000' without some kind of context. Such as the $100,000,000,000,000 or so that the U.S. made in that period.

**Spartiate** · 08-19-2010 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by Xei

omg leik big number

Seriously you can't just post '$750,000,000,000' without some kind of context. Such as the $100,000,000,000,000 or so that the U.S. made in that period.

US public revenue in 2009 was $2.1 trillion, so assuming it was the same since 2001 (it was probably lower but I don't feel like factoring inflation and all that stuff), the US "made" 18.9 trillion dollars in 2001-2010. So the $1.09 trillion that the wars in the Middle-East have cost the US in 2001-2010 represent 5.8% of its total income during that period.

Another way of looking at it is that the US national debt currently stands at $13.2 trillion, so the wars theoretically account for 12.1% of that.