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dsgrue3 on 02 January 2013
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sethnintendo said:

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.

Don't misunderstsand me, I'm not saying the war was a good thing. I don't think anyone would advocate that really. Just saying, in comparison to the last 3-4 years of Obama - $5 trillion spent, the cost of war over the past decade pales in comparison, ~$100 billion per year as opposed to >$1 trillion per year.