Americablog: Another $127 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan

by John in DC - 11/18/2006 12:23:00 PM

This is ridiculous. Two-thirds of the "war on terror" money we've spent to date has gone to Iraq - meaning, it was wasted, and not on the war on terror.

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Since 2001, Congress has approved $502 billion for the war on terror, roughly two-thirds for Iraq. The latest request, due to reach the incoming Democratic-controlled Congress next spring, would make the war on terror more expensive than the Vietnam War.