Degrasse wrote:That's true in some cases, in the American Revolutionary War, the Continental Army went against ,the toughest military power in the world at that time, Great Britain. And they won with the help of France and Spain. With that win America rose to triple its land mass, and size.
Not to mention the debt(war doesn't pay):
Before Rev. War: 0 USD
After Rev. War: 80 million USD
1835: 0 USD
1860: 65 million USD
1863: > 1 billion USD
After Civil War: 2.7 billion USD
Right Before WWII: 22 billion
1940: 51 billion USD
Right After WWII: 260 billion USD
between 1980 1990: > 780 billion USD
End of Fiscal Year 2008: 10.3 trillion USD
February 2009: 12.104 trillion USD
Now: 16.757 trillion USD
As we can see, war NEVER ends up paying off
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