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> The wise guys in the Bush administration and the military said he was yapping out of the back of his neck. They put the final cost at a few hundred billion.
by Chathamization 10y ago
> The wise guys in the Bush administration and the military said he was yapping out of the back of his neck. They put the final cost at a few hundred billion.
They actually put the cost at $50-60 billion.[1]
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/washington/19cost.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/washington/19cost.html
- finid 10y agoThat was the initial estimate, when the war just started. I recall members of the Bush admin telling requesting Congress to fund the war to the tune of $50 billion, that the cost to America wasn't going to be more than that and that because Iraq has oil, the rest of the cost will come from Iraqi oil revenue. Not too long after that, if I recall correctly, they came back for another $75 billion (?) or so. And that was not the last time.