Does anybody have a legitimate estimate for the true cost of Iraq?

Question

What will it cost to provide quality ongoing and effective health care to the thousands of injured soldiers, marines, air force, navy, who are surviving the 3000+ who died directly as a result of their injuries. Why are privately funded "Intrepid" centers getting CNN's attention? Are we as taxpayers not obligated to provide good V.A. services to those we send to die and be injured, regardless of the validity of the mission?

Thanks for legitimate answers.

Answer 1

I do think that we are obligated in every way to care for our military and for the most part do a fairly good job of it. There are some politicians who interfere with simple legislation to make things easier and we as voters should see to it they understand what we want or vote them out!

As to the actual cost of a war I don't think under any circumstances we will ever be able to calculate this for any war.
Consider that shiips sail and planes fly and ammunition is expended on a regular basis even when there is no war. So those costs, during war, would have existed to some extent anyway. Our regular military salaries would be paid if they were sitting in fort knox kentucky so only the overseas or combat pay could be a consideration. Then once the war is over someone claims it cost us X dollars without considering financial benefits from a new trade partner, oil deals, money made by American contractors and so on. If a plane crashes in Alabama during training exercises does the cost of the plane count as a cost of the war or does it have to crash in a combat zone to count? I think depending on the message you are trying to send, and using actual facts, the cost of a war or even a single battle can be inflated or minimized based on the very same figures and information.

Answer 2

We as American citizens owe the very air we breathe to the members of the military, however, as far as giving them benefits. that is up to the Congress to appropriate the necessary funds. Instead of them spending taxpayer money on pork barrel projects, they need to get serious about a strict budget that provides enough money to top priority platforms.

As for the total cost of the war, that figure will not be available for several years after the end of the war. They have to take stock of all the ammunition that was used along with the equipment lost. Not to mention the amount of money needed to take care of the personnel. They also need to figure the amount of money given to the Iraqi government to start civilian projects and to grease their politicians.

Answer 3

wellbeing care, education, rebuilding our roads and bridges. humorous we are doing all that in the time of Iraq yet not in this usa. the three trillion conflict and that they suggested Bush could never do something authentic.

Answer 4

Well....Well....Wel------Here we go pal...the cost of this bloody war is continuing and it's non-stop feeding till we bring the last American (dead)from Baghdad...I think America stuck in the middle,the only benefit of this war which shall come out sooner than you may think is that the end of the State of Evil (ISRAEL)is so close so close so close......

Answer 5

You can't put a price on freedom.