[AHerald]

Thanks for posting this. Where did you get this information?

[nwrep]

[abigkahuna]

WW2 ended Sep 45. VE Day was in May, VJ day was in Sep. Just a basic fact.

[CGTRWK]

The defense budget this year was something over 400 billion. It was about 280 billion during the worst of the Clinton years.

[Rose in RoseBear]

Pingpingping!!!!

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

If today's 'Rats would have been in charge during WWII, we'd be part of the 3rd Reich and there would be no Jews on the planet.

[bluester]

There's a difference between a legitimate war and an illegitimate, illegal war...

[DaGman]

I wonder what the figures would look like if you figured in $100 hammers and $500 toilet seats or whatever the defense contractors overcharge the government these days.

[mtbopfuyn]

Good points which the naysayers fail to acknowledge.

320 is the total deaths, right? Including the ones who shoot themselves in their own sleeping bags and accidents in general, not just those killed in combat? I think the actual combat deaths is 70-something for Iraq and Afghanistan is less.

[familyofman]

If you are trying to prove a point with "historical Facts", and you blow some of the very basic issues - end of war (wrong date). Not to mention the fact that WWII really started in 1939, not December, 1941 - check with the Poles, Russians, French & Chinese. These countries carried the load until the US got dragged into the conflict.

When your facts are incorrect - how can your analysis & teaching be any good?