U.S. spending on Iraq may soon surpass Korean War budget

[unhappycamper]

U.S. spending on Iraq may soon surpass Korean War budget
world news
Monday, Jun 20, 2005

Lawmakers in the United States were scheduled to vote on Monday to approve $45 billion US in additional funding for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, making the recent Middle East foray more expensive than the entire Korean War.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, Congress has approved $350 billion, mostly for combat and reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The amount, which includes $82 billion approved last month, is equal to the total amount in today's dollars spent on the Korean conflict from 1950-53.

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The war in Iraq has killed 1,720 U.S. troops and wounded more than 12,000.

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[Paranoid Pessimist]

1. The Korean war gave us a 55 year stalemate n/t