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Re:F-35 Delays Mean US Marines Are Pulling Old F-18s Out of ... by tomjen3 on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:22PM (#11949107)
Money didn't stop WWI. Britain could not afford the completely batshit insane 3.251.000.000 (thats more than 3 billion) Pound Sterling it paid for the war (in 1900s money)[0]! and there are still bondholders who haven't been paid back, 100 years later.

[0]:http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zqhxvcw#zy4gjxs

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