Doug Casey on War

Louis James interviews Doug Casey

L: Nothing like a good war to distract people from their own misery – and their own responsibility for their individual circumstances.

Doug: That's right, at least until their house gets blown up or their son gets killed. Nothing like a good foreign war against an invariably evil and subhuman enemy to distract people from local problems. And, of course, there are actually fools out there that believe war stimulates economies.

L: Yes… Can't tell you how many times I've heard that WWII ended the Great Depression – they told me so in school, so it must be so. Alas, the dumb masses.

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Cost of War: New Updated Data

HISTORICAL COSTS OF U.S. WARS (In 2007 Dollars)

World War II	$3.2 trillion
Iraq and Afghanistan To Date	$695.7 billion
Vietnam War	$670 billion
World War I	$364 billion
Korean War	$295 billion
Persian Gulf War	$94 billion
Civil War (both Union and Confederate costs)	$81 billion
Spanish-American War	$7 billion
American Revolution	$4 billion
Mexican War	$2 billion
War of 1812	$1 billion
Source: Congressional Research Service and Office of Management and Budget data.

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I would have that the Civil War would have been higher on the list.