cost of iraq afghanistan wars
That could make defending the nation and paying the government's bills even tougher to do in the future. [PHOTOS: The 10th Anniversary of the Iraq War] The Iraq and Afghanistan wars will together cost $4 to $6 trillion, according a new study from Harvard University's Kennedy School.
Initial Cost Estimates For The Iraq War Were Almost Too Low To Believe. The U.S. will shell out somewhere as much as $6 trillion dollars for the Iraq War, once all is said and done, according to a recent report out of Brown University. According to Reuters, that figure includes $1.7 trillion spent so far with an additional $490 billion in benefits.