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A more relevant number - war will cost somewhere between $60,000 and $100,000 per liberated person. This does not include depreciation of the capital equipment used to deliver the war. Ironic that so many still don't want to be liberated. If they only knew how much we were investing in them. For all that violence and debacuhery, there still remains little interest among the 'victims' in being liberated.
We accomplished the same thing at far less costs in Serbia. But our primary weapons system was actually more intelligent - Richard Holbrook. There are those who accomplish same thing with negotiation backed by force - because a smoking gun exists. And then there are the street bullies who only understand solutions using force and don't need no stinkin' smokin' gun.
Love the thrill and excitement of blatant and extravagent force. Cannot get enough of it and wish I could see more of the action - uneditted. That is the side who loves tactical information. Then there is the other side who knows how foolish and unnecessary all this force could have been.
But then it is only money. Republicans, more than Democrats, love to spend money - once propaganda is eliminated.
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