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sethnintendo on 02 January 2013
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dsgrue3 said:
sethnintendo said:

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.

 


Costofwar is about the cost TO DATE meaning now, not in 2017, not in 2050. Understand?

 


Too bad Dick Cheney and other top officials lied about the true cost right before the war stating that it would be around 80-100 billion for two years.  Too bad they didn't have any real plan for the war and that the Iraq war was complete bullshit.

  • FY2003 Supplemental: Operation Iraqi Freedom: Passed April 2003; Total $78.5 billion, $54.4 billion Iraq War
  • FY2004 Supplemental: Iraq and Afghanistan Ongoing Operations/Reconstruction: Passed November 2003; Total $87.5 billion, $70.6 billion Iraq War
  • FY2004 DoD Budget Amendment: $25 billion Emergency Reserve Fund (Iraq Freedom Fund): Passed July 2004, Total $25 billion, $21.5 billion (estimated) Iraq War

Looks like they passed that 100 billion in the second year by quite a lot.