[marajade]

"Well remember, Reagan did have the Cold War, which was a lot more expensive than the War on Terror has been thus far."

I'd like to see some stats... I've heard going into Iraq could be as much as 200 bil... That's a lot of dough...

[Sabertooth]

I'd like to see some stats... I've heard going into Iraq could be as much as 200 bil... That's a lot of dough...

We're still well short of having the Defense spending, in real dollars, that we had during the Cold War after Reagan took over from Carter. This is not a slam at Bush, just the reality of what the wastrels of the Clinton-Gore years did to our military.

It may turn out that the WoT will be as costly as the Cold War, I don't think we really know at this point.