6 weeks and $60 billion
Estimates of Iraq War Cost Were Not Close to Ballpark
By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN
Published: March 19, 2008
Five years into the conflict, experts estimate the cost of the war to be anywhere from $600 billion to $4 trillion – tens of times more than originally projected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/washington/19cost.html?ex=1364097600&en=43c6bf080ba08929&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
What is $1 trillion?
What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Published: January 17, 2007
Medical research, tackling poverty and education, and reconstruction of New Orleans would all be ways to spend $1.2 trillion. Here is another: The war in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/business/17leonhardt.html?ex=1354856400&en=9ee1988b6a321148&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
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