Thursday, August 7, 2014

Cost of Iraq War (Redux)

Since this is becoming an issue again, here is a tally of what we've spent on Iraq so far.  The costs for FY03-07 come from Amy Belasco's work at CRS and FY08-14 come from DoD's OCO request.  All figures are in then-year dollars (meaning not adjusted for inflation).

FY03 $53B
FY04 $76B
FY05 $86B
FY06 $102B
FY07 $131B
FY08 $148B
FY09 $94B
FY10 $62B
FY11 $45B
FY12 $10B
FY13 $3B
FY14 $1B