And how much of that is personnel costs, fuel and supplies, and replacement of expendable material that would occur in peace time as well?
A post I had made was “adjust 1944 for inflation then get back to me.”
What I mean is adjust the expenditures for WWII to today’s dollars, then tell me if the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing too much.
I'm reminded of the shots in Fahrenheit 9/11 of a soldier at Walter Reed who had lost both hands in Iraq. What Michael Moore failed to tell hi audience was that the soldier had one of the main tires on a Blackhawk blow up in his face, an injury that could have easily occurred back at his stateside base. Heck, there was a plaque hanging on the wall of my first crew chief school classroom with broken bolts from an F-15's nose tire on it. The crew chief had blown himself to bits servicing the tire with a high pressure compressor to save time.