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Originally Posted by CRad
nmap - this is a quote from a news source. Take it for what it's worth...
...the war in Iraq, whose costs along with the war in Afghanistan, according to some experts, have already totaled more than $3 trillion.
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Here, I'll do the research for accurate figures for you.
From a post I wrote last month for a class comparing the cost of 29 days of military ops in OIF and OEF to the cost to rebuild NOLA to withstand a Cat 5 hurricane:
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as of November 2007, in the 75 months the U.S. has engaged in the Global (more than Iraq here, folks) War on Terror (GWOT), the government has spent $604B for all its efforts, to include military, diplomatic, reconstruction, indigenous security and Veterans’ Affairs health costs in all theaters (Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, the Horn of Africa, Europe, worldwide U.S. military bases, and domestic protection efforts) (CBO.gov, 2007). This amount represents a monthly average of $8B per month, assuming a constant spending rate, which of course doesn’t reflect reality. Dividing the costs even further, we find that total spending for operations in Iraq have averaged $5B per month (CBO.gov, 2007).
CBO.gov (2007). "Estimated Costs of U.S. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and of Other Activities Related to the War on Terrorism". Retrieved from
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/86xx/doc8..._Testimony.pdf