Why couldn't the US use the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to fuel the economy like in WW2?

<h3>Why couldn't the US use the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to fuel the economy like in WW2?</h3>

The second world war helped pump up the US economy and job market and end the great depression. Why did it do the opposite with Iraq and Afghanistan?

Also, if the US only used the military and didn't use contractors would it have made a difference?


<strong>Afghanistan best answer:</strong>
<p><i>Answer by white-eye</i><br/>they mustve been fighting over money, and afghanistan has some holy soldiers</p>
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<img alt="Afghanistan" src="http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1296/895614698_f579eb9f92.jpg" width="400"/><br/>
<i>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35703177@N00/895614698">The U.S. Army</a></i>
Spc. Jason Curtis, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, pulls security while leaders of a medical civil action project searched for a suitable site in Parun, Afghanistan June 28. <a href="http://www.army.mil">www.army.mil</a></p>

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