Iraq, Afghan wars will cost $4 trillion to $6 trillion, Harvard study says - Middle East - Stripes

 Iraq, Afghan wars will cost $4 trillion to $6 trillion, Harvard study says - Middle East - Stripes

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will ultimately cost between $4 trillion and $6 trillion, with medical care and disability benefits weighing heavily for decades to come, according to a new analysis.
The bill to taxpayers so far has been $2 trillion, plus $260 billion in interest on the resulting debt. By comparison, the current federal budget is $3.8 trillion.
The costs of the wars will continue to mount, said the study's author, Linda Bilmes, a public policy expert at Harvard University.