Posted on 04/13/2003 1:43 PM EDT by woofie
I recieved the following email from a relative ...Since I am not a CPA I cannot vouch for the numbers ...so if they are wrong let me know... but knowing the relative who sent this I would bet they are pretty close:
SATURDAY APRIL 12TH 2003
AS MANY OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COST OF THIS IRAQ WAR I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO MAKE SOME COMPARISONS.
THE FOLLOWING DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE SHOWING THE TOTAL COSTS AND THE COST PER PERSON !!!
AND WE LIVED THRU IT !!!!!
WORLD WAR 1 191 BILLION $2,489 PER PERSON
WORLD WAR 2 2.9 TRILLION $20,388 PER PERSON
KOREAN WAR 336 BILLION $2,266 PER PERSON
VIETNAM WAR 494 BILLION $2,204 PER PERSON
GULF WAR 1 76 BILLION $306 PER PERSON
IRAQ WAR ESTIMATE 75 BILLION $255 PER PERSON
AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT SPENT ON DEFENSE:
WORLD WAR 2 --- 38%
KOREA -------------- 14%
VIETNAM ----------- 9%
GULF WAR 1 ----- 5%
IRAQ ------------------- 4%
AS YOU CAN PLAINLY SEE THE HARDSHIPS ENDURED IN WW 2 WERE PLAINLY HIGHER -- BUT WE SURVIVED !!!
AND WE WILL PAY OFF THIS CURRENT DEBT TOO !!
ALSO - A POINT TO REMEMBER THERE WERE 55 MILLION LIVES LOST IN WW 2 !
LETS GIVE BUSH CREDIT FOR WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THIS TIME. BEFORE WE HAD ANOTHER HITLER. IMAGINE HOW MANY LIVES WOULD HAVE BEEN SAVED IN WW 2 IF WE DID NOT HAVE ALL THESE IDIOTIC WAR PROTESTORS !!!