Every day between now and Election Day on Nov. 6, we will take part in
this project to check out one widely accepted fact with our partners
at George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs for a
non-partisan initiative called Face the Facts USA
(www.facethefactsusa.org). Each day in the 100 days leading up to
Election Day, Face the Facts will release one interesting fact affecting
our nation.
FACT #79: Reconstruction Costs Dwarf Prior Conflict
The United States has invested more reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Germany after World War II. $60.45 billion has been spent in Iraq, more than $100 billion in Afghanistan. For comparison, the U.S. spent less than $35 billion in today’s dollars in Germany from 1946 through 1952. (And Volkswagen began exporting Beetles to American in 1949).
The Iraq expenditure is more than four times the sum committed to Iraq by America’s allies. In Afghanistan stabilization is expected to cost at least $9 billion per year through 2014.
FACT #79: Reconstruction Costs Dwarf Prior Conflict
The United States has invested more reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Germany after World War II. $60.45 billion has been spent in Iraq, more than $100 billion in Afghanistan. For comparison, the U.S. spent less than $35 billion in today’s dollars in Germany from 1946 through 1952. (And Volkswagen began exporting Beetles to American in 1949).
The Iraq expenditure is more than four times the sum committed to Iraq by America’s allies. In Afghanistan stabilization is expected to cost at least $9 billion per year through 2014.
