> I doubt Lee ever won any major or important military battle that
> changed the course of history. I do not conern about whether Lee ever
> killed a tiger in the past and I don't think it has any
> significance.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Yu Fung Liu
>
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>>>> Quotation fromhttp://mjperry.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-about-excessive-athlete.html

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>>>> Quotation from cost of Wars

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>>>>http://cbs2.com/national/Vietnam.iraq.war.2.780417.htmlhttp://wiki.an...

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>>>> Quotation:

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>>>> Relative Monetary Costs ofAmericanWars

>

>>>> By Patrick McSherry

>

>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­---------

>

>>>> General:
>>>> This article provides a basic monetary cost comparison ofAmerican
>>>> wars from the Civil War to Vietnam.

>

>>>> The data:

>

>>>> One interesting comparison concerning the SpanishAmericanWar is the
>>>> relative financial cost of the war. This is one quantitative way of
>>>> studying the war, but, of course, it must be remembered that the
>>>> financial cost can never address the death, pain and suffering on all
>>>> sides of this, or any other, war.

>

>>>> Still, the following figures are interesting. These costs, adjusted
>>>> for year 2000 dollars, are the costs for the major conflicts in which
>>>> the U.S. was involved since the mid-19th century through Vietnam. It
>>>> is not clear from the source if these costs reflect total cost or
>>>> just
>>>> U.S. costs, but it would appear that they are U.S. costs only.
>>>> Assuming, however, that they are all calculated the same, they do
>>>> make
>>>> for an interesting comparison.

>

>>>>AmericanCivil War $62 Billion
>>>> SpanishAmericanWar $5 Billion
>>>> World War One $290 Billion
>>>> World War Two $2,300 Billion
>>>> Korean Conflict $111 Billion
>>>> Vietnam $165 Billion

>

>>>> The SpanishAmericanWar had a very dramatic effect onAmerican
>>>> history in that the U.S. became an accepted world power virtually
>>>> overnight, catapulting the nation onto the world stage. Though each
>>>> of
>>>> the conflicts listed above had a strong effect on this country in
>>>> many
>>>> ways, the SpanishAmericanWar's legacy remains with us...and set the
>>>> stage for the U.S.'s involvement in all of the later conflicts listed
>>>> above. From a nationalistic U.S standpoint it could be argued that
>>>> seldom has the country had such a large effect from such a small
>>>> financial investment.

>

>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------­---------

>

>>>> Bibliography:
>>>> World Features Syndicate, Durham, NH, as reported in the Lancaster,
>>>> PA
>>>> Intelligencer Journal, on April 3, 2000.

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>>>> | Print  Jul 26, 2008 6:00 am US/Pacific
>>>> Cost Of Iraq War Reaches Vietnam Levels
>>>> WASHINGTON (AP) -- The total cost of the Iraq war is approaching the
>>>> Vietnam War's expense, a congressional report estimates, while
>>>> spending for military operations after 9/11 has exceeded it.

>

>>>> The new report by the Congressional Research Service estimates the
>>>> U.S. has spent $648 billion on Iraq war operations, putting it in
>>>> range with the $686 billion, in 2008 dollars, spent on the Vietnam
>>>> War, the second most expensive war behind World War II.

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>>>> Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. has doled out
>>>> almost $860 billion for military operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and
>>>> elsewhere around the world.

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>>>> All estimates, adjusted for inflation, are based on the costs of
>>>> military operations and don't include expenses for veterans benefits,
>>>> interest on war-related debts or assistance to war allies, according
>>>> to the nonpartisan CRS.

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>>>> The report underscores how the price tag has been gradually rising
>>>> for
>>>> the war in Iraq, which began in March 2003. In late 2002, then-White
>>>> House budget director Mitch Daniels estimated the Iraq war would cost
>>>> $50 billion to $60 billion. A year later, L. Paul Bremer, then-chief
>>>> of the U.S. occupation government in Iraq, said the war would cost
>>>> $100 billion.

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>>>> Yet the Iraq war has consumed less of the

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