Agreed. Like others have said, "0% unemployment is easy when there's a draft."

But WW2 put the US at a distinct advantage since the rest of the industrialized world was decimated.

The only thing worse for the economy than fighting a war is losing one.

Sure, there are other things worse than fighting a war. I assumed (mistakenly as it turns out) that the GGP was suggesting war was good for the economy, as opposed to (in the absolute best possible case) the least of all evils.

In the case of WW2, I suppose you could build a case that the war was a net good for the US, though it certainly was a disaster for the global economy.