re: #75 albusteve

…how much did the Two Wars cost?

Over $1 Trillion so far, assuming you don’t count prosthetics, physical therapy, rehabilitation, disability payments and burial costs.

re: #77 Dark_Falcon

We were forced to go to war, and then we expanded that war to take out a hostile regime that had long been a thorn in our side. A “war tax” would have collapsed support for the war, given the American desire for a free lunch.

Given the true costs in terms of minds, lives and limbs destroyed, I’d say that any thorn worth pulling is worth pulling honestly.