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Cost of War
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Sadly, I was only able to find a running cost for the US taxpayer and have been unable to find figures for UK citizens, which says a lot about British secrecy in these matters, or would that be classified as leftist paranoia?
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Whatever the figure of war remember to subtract the cost of our military in peace time.
Soldiers are not paid anymore nor eat any different, fire more shells etc all because they are at war. And I can assure you the home-based forces are paid very little overtime!!
The Navy do not use anymore fuel etc etc.
Therefore the (EXTRA) cost of war may not be as high as some figures suggest.
Napeleon it is all incorporated together now. They call it the X Factor, which I do not like.
see here
�3.1 billion up to march last year quoted here:
http://www.financialdirector.co.uk/accountancyage/news/2142580/taxpayers-bear-cost-iraq-war
To be politically unbiased and provide some context the Falklands is reckoned to have cost �1 billion which is about �2.1 billion in 2001's money. ( I'm sure there's a more modern historic inflation calculator somewhere but I couldn't find it quickly)