Iraq War Costs Exceed $3 Trillion

Stiglitz in the Washington Post

Writing in these pages in early 2008, we put the total cost to the United States of the Iraq war at $3 trillion. This price tag dwarfed previous estimates, including the Bush administration's 2003 projections of a $50 billion to $60 billion war.

Two pieces -- Krugman and Hayes

Since this is a very low circulation non commercial blog, I am taking the liberty of sometimes posting complete articles, written by various authors, in their entirety with the appropriate attribution and link. 

Here is a Krugman piece from January 2009, 18 months ago, saying the stimulus should have been closer to $2trillion (The Obama Gap).  Below it is a piece by Christopher Hayes in July 2010 talking about Iraq and Deficits of Mass Destruction.