No we wouldn't. Where do you think that money goes? Salary to Americans. The money moves in a circle.
We would be somewhat richer (broken window fallacy in play), but it would be a small fraction of the nominal number. And the fraction is even smaller if you realize that in some cases you are taking people who are doing nothing, and giving them a job (so the broken window fallacy doesn't apply to them).
1. The wars were 100% borrowed money. Every dollar spent was borrowed.
2. The wars produced nothing. Zero value. Not even any cool technology we overpaid for. A complete waste.
The wars literally increased the debt and associated economic drag on us and our children and their children by $2T in debt.
We would, therefore, be literally $2T richer. Not all of it was paid to Americans, but of the amount that was, every penny will be taxed out of us and paid back with interest. Pure drag and deadweight.
No we wouldn't. Where do you think that money goes? Salary to Americans. The money moves in a circle.
We would be somewhat richer (broken window fallacy in play), but it would be a small fraction of the nominal number. And the fraction is even smaller if you realize that in some cases you are taking people who are doing nothing, and giving them a job (so the broken window fallacy doesn't apply to them).