Iraq War More Expensive Than Korea

by Liberty and Power

The U.S. has passed another unfortunate milestone in Iraq. The total cost of the Iraq war to the American taxpayer is now higher in real terms than that of the entire Korean War from 1950 to 1954.

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One difference, among many others. The situation in Korea had stabilized by 1953. The situation in Iraq, by contrast, shows no signs of doing so.

Well, since the current combat death toll in Iraq is, what, 1/30th that of Korea, I'd call the current endeavour a fairly good buy for the money.

True....but the killing pretty much stopped in 1953.

We haven't won the Korean war yet: the numbers need to be adjusted to account for our continuing expenditures in the penninsula....