Date: January 29th, 2023 10:07 AM
Author: Splenetic Hell
for that money we destroyed a middling regional power’s military, which was used to invade a neighbor
7. Persian Gulf War
• U.S. war spending (2019 dollars): $116.6 billion
• Duration: 7 months
• U.S. military deaths: 383
The Persian Gulf War, one of the shortest conflicts in U.S. history, cost $116.6 billion, or just 0.3% of U.S. GDP in 1991.
we have so far spent about $50 billion on Ukraine (half weapons and supplies, half fiscal support for the govt), but 0.3% of current GDP is about $75 billion
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5280006&forum_id=2#45857586)