The Three Trillion Dollar War

Excellent infographic depicting the enormous costs of the Iraq war.It explains in 10 steps why Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s 2003 estimates of the war in Iraq’s costs at $60 billion were so wildly off by 10 times that figure.

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By the time the United States leaves Iraq, the estimated total cost of war will be more than $3 trillion.

Source:
The Three Trillion Dollar War
By Barry Ritholtz
January 12th, 2009, 12:13PM
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/the-three-trillion-dollar-war/