It has been calculated that the cost of the war constitutes over 15 per cent of the massive American budget deficit, and that is based on the Pentagon's official figures, which of course are likely to be about half of the real cost.
We also must not forget that Afghanistan is costing about half per week of what Iraq is costing, but isn't really a bargain as practically the whole country is back under the control of the warlords.

"We napalmed both those (bridge) approaches. Unfortunately, there were people there because you could see them in the (cockpit) video. They were Iraqi soldiers there. It's no great way to die."
The Pentagon, which denied that it used napalm, is now saying that it used 'firebombs' rather than napalm, and if asked specifically about 'firebombs' would have admitted to their use (boy, they sure tricked those stupid journalists who were too stupid to ask about 'firebombs'!). The difference between napalm and 'firebombs' is that 'firebombs' have a smaller concentration of benzine in the fuel which they use.

Dick Cheney, who voted against a 1986 resolution calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and recognition of the African National Congress