Bush Wants $50 Billion More for Iraq War – washingtonpost.com
The revised supplemental would total about $200 billion, indicating that the cost of the war in Iraq now exceeds $3 billion a week. The bill also covers the far smaller costs of the war in Afghanistan. The Pentagon said recently that the cost of the Iraq war has surpassed $330 billion, while the war in Afghanistan has cost $78 billion.
As I write this CNN is talking about how the slightest provocation could lead to war with Iran, given the elevated state of tensions between the nations.
