Iraq war cost $1-2 TRILLION, say Nobel Laureate and Harvard budget expert

[StefanX]

"Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz and Harvard budget expert Linda Bilmes plan to present this week a paper estimating the cost of the Iraq War at between $1-2 trillion. This is far higher than earlier estimates of $100-200 billion."

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2006/1/5/11510/30624

I'm so glad Republicans are fiscal conservatives who don't do nation-building.

[Ezlivin]

1. Can we get a rebate or something?

Most of us didn't volunteer to live under the Bush regime, so we should get a rebate.

[rock]

2. Puts new meaning to those that were criticized harshly

for suggesting 400 billion.

[Crazy Dave]

3. There will be treaties and payments made....

beyond our lifetimes and beyond our children's lifetimes. Fixing what we broke.

Edit: I forgot to add the human life cost, soldiers and Iraqi civilians. George Bush makes 9/11 look like it was done by amateurs.

[BlueEyedSon]

4. NYT op-ed chart: $1.4 billion

[firefox]

5. Sacrificing so much shows how much we care about the Iraqis nt