I'm going to post an official retraction on that curiously inflated number tomorrow. I'm not sure I can explain the insertion of that zero. See, for sane numbers:
By way of Wikipedia, of found that sum. Under the "Iraqi War" article, under "Criticism and Cost" –
"Financial costs with approximately $612 billion spent as of 4/09 the CBO has estimated the total cost of the war in Iraq to U.S. taxpayers will be around $1.9 trillion."
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Date: 2011-12-20 04:43 am (UTC)By way of Wikipedia, of found that sum. Under the "Iraqi War" article, under "Criticism and Cost" –
"Financial costs with approximately $612 billion spent as of 4/09 the CBO has estimated the total cost of the war in Iraq to U.S. taxpayers will be around $1.9 trillion."