The U.S. has spent more reconstructing Iraq and Afghanistan than it did rebuilding Germany after World War II. And itâs not done yet. The U.S. spent $60.45 billion in Iraq reconstruction from fiscal 2003-2012 and nearly $100 billion in Afghanistan since hostilities began in 2001.The United States has invested more in the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan than it did in Germany after World War II.60.45 billion has been spent in Iraq, more than $100 billion in Afghanistan. For comparison, the U.S. spent less than $35 billion in todayâs dollars in Germany from 1946 through 1952.
[Seattle Weekly]. The difference between whiskey and whisky is simple but important: whisky usually denotes Scotch whisky and Scotch-inspired liquors, and whiskey denotes the Irish and American liquors.
The simple answer is that bourbon is always whiskey, but whiskey is not always bourbon. A strict set of federal trade regulations defines what's what. Whiskey the American kind, spelled with an e is a distilled spirit made from fermented grain and usually aged in an oak barrel.ourbon is the most popular type of whiskey in the U.S. It was traditionally distilled in and around present-day Bourbon County, Kentucky. The region takes its name from the Bourbon dynasty, a royal lineage that ruled various European countries intermittently during the past 500 years.