Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)

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http://usliberals.about.com/od/homelandsecurit1/a/IraqNumbers.htm

Iraq War Facts, Results & Statistics at April 23, 2009
4,278 US Soldiers Killed, 31,215 Seriously Wounded
By Deborah White, About.com

May 11 2009
For your quick reading, I've listed key statistics about the Iraq War, taken primarily from data analyzed by various think tanks, including The Brookings Institution's Iraq Index, and from mainstream media sources. Data is presented as of April 23, 2009, except as indicated.

U.S. SPENDING IN IRAQ

Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $800 billion of US taxpayers' funds spent or approved for spending through mid-2009. In April 2009, President Obama announced that he will seek an additional $76 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

U.S. Monthly Spending in Iraq - $12 billion in 2008

Second - $5,000 in 2008 (per Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on May 5, 2008)

Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000 (Congressional Research Service)

Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors. Also, per ABC News, 190,000 guns, including 110,000 AK-47 rifles.

[Jeep789]

1. But Cheney and friend's profits

priceless!!

[pleah]

2. K&R

[Vinca]

3. Think of the healthcare system we could have.

[ThomWV]

4. What are the additional costs to have a soldier in Iraq compared to Fort Hood?

I don't see why it is any more expensive to have a soldier in one place than another. Is it the additional cost of increased operation of equipment or is it the increased cost of expended ammunition, something else?

[indepat]

5. Could it be the cost of all those private-sector contractors (mercenaries) to support the soldier

and rebuild all that systematically-destroyed infrastructure? :shrug:

[Canuckistanian]

6. I'd say It was mostly transportation

The cost of moving that soldier, the equipment, food, shelter, vehicles, fuel, armaments and water.

Imagine creating SEVERAL 10,000+ population cities in the middle of a desert. The costs are staggering.

AND, a lot of the costs are because of outsourced corporations such as KBR, who tack on MILLIONS of charges for very little reason other than to make profit.

[AwakeAtLast]

7. Soldier's (E4, with family) pay for one year in Iraq = $43,000

That includes combat and hazard duty pay. This was in 2005-06. Where's the rest of it? :shrug:

:grr: