Iraq War Will Cost More Than The Second World War

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Iraq War Will Cost More Than World War II -- Christian Science Monitor

Iraq war, now winding down with US troop exit by December, has cost more than $800 billion so far. But ongoing medical treatment, replacement vehicles, etc., will push costs to $4 trillion or more.

Anyone curious about the cost of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan can look it up on costofwar.com, up to the latest fraction of a second. Last weekend, the Iraq war had cost more than $800 billion since 2001; the Afghan war, $467 billion plus.

For the 8-1/2-year conflict in Iraq alone, that works out to nearly $3,000 a second.

So President Obama's announcement that all US troops will be out of Iraq by year end should mean some drop in ongoing military spending. But the budget relief [...]

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