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Iraq: Blood and Treaure?
From today's Economist:
....though nowhere near as costly to America in terms of blood (3,100 deaths so far, versus 58,000 - in Vietnam). Total military spending for 2008 is projected at 4.4% of GDP. That is a lighter burden than during previous large conflicts: America spent more than 9% of GDP on defence at the height of the Vietnam war, 14% during the Korean war and 37% during the second world war.
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