The True Cost of Freedom
Now supposedly this is from NewsMax, but I can’t seem to verify it with a direct link. In either event, this is still dead on the mark:
So far the Bush administration has requested $75
billion ($255 an American) for Operation Iraqi
Freedom. How does that compare to other wars?
BusinessWeek pegs World War I at $191 billion in 2002
dollars ($2,489 for each American), WWII at $2.9
trillion ($20,388 each), Korean War at $336 billion
($2,266 each), Vietnam War at $494 billion ($2,204
each) and the Gulf War at $76 billion ($306 each), $54
billion of which coalition members reimbursed.