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sethnintendo on 02 January 2013
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dsgrue3 said:
sethnintendo said:
dsgrue3 said:

 

 

Edit: War has cost us roughly $1.4 trillion over 10+ years now. http://costofwar.com/


How about some info than some stupid site that looks like nexgenwars.

"The most recent major report on these costs come from Brown University in the form of the Costs of War project,[1] which said the total for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan is at least $3.2-4 trillion.[2] The report disavowed previous estimates of the Iraq War's cost as being under $1 trillion, saying the Department of Defense's direct spending on Iraq totaled at least $757.8 billion, but also highlighting the complementary costs at home, such as interest paid on the funds borrowed to finance the wars and a potential nearly $1 trillion in extra spending to care for veterans returning from combat through 2050.[3]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War

You cited wikipedia and then referred to costofwar as "some stupid site". The irony is almost too great.

Costofwar is a sourced cite, did you even read it?

Total costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan allocated by Congress to date – which include funding through the end of the current fiscal year on September 30, 2012 – are $1.38 trillion, with $807.4 billion to Iraq and $570.9 billion to Afghanistan. These figures include both military and non-military spending such as reconstruction.

Brown probably included nonsense in order to inflate their number, this one is based upon facts. Maybe read the sourcing for the website prior to calling it stupid, yeah? These are numbers taken straight from congressional record. Doesn't get any more credible.

They included the future cost of disabled veterans and interest on the borrowed money for the wars.  Eventually these wars will cost the USA 3-4 trillion at least.

As for the stupid site.  I was merely dissing the presentation with the on going ticker.  You can focus on the current costs but these are just temporarily figures just like your costofwar site.