Operations in Iraq to date have cost the United States $687 billion, more than for any other war save World War II, according to a report released today by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Adding $184 billion spent on military operations in Afghanistan and $33 billion spent on homeland security missions, CSBA estimates that $904 billion (in fiscal year 2008 dollars) has been provided to cover the direct budgetary costs of U.S. military operations since 2001. The $904...
