Thread: It's finally over

Originally Posted by Alric

Image that all the money spent on the war, was never collected in taxes and the people had it still. There probably wouldn't be a recession right now. Also, nothing can be done in Iraq if they go into civil war and kill each other. I mean we did the best we could, we have been there for years. We can't be there forever, eventually they have to do their own thing.

The total cost per taxpayer on average is about $7,500 since 2001. At well under a grand per year, I seriously doubt that not going to war would have prevented the recession. It really isn't that hard to trim out a few hundred bucks from the yearly budget for most Americans. It may require sacrificing a luxury good or two, but it can be done relatively painlessly. Perhaps if people lived within their means the recession could have been averted, but sadly, this is America, land of the brave, the free, and the overconsumers.

But yeah, Iraq was a stupid detour in a retarded war. We should have just bombed the shit out of Afghanistan right off the bat to take out the Taliban while they were small. Instead, we putzed around for the better side of a decade in a region only distantly related to the original cause of war, and now the Taliban is winning.

Originally Posted by Mario92

We should have just bombed the shit out of Afghanistan right off the bat to take out the Taliban while they were small.

We did.