So Bush will be requesting $70 billion more in war-funding according to the Washington Post. This will bring the Afghanistan/Iraq War spending total to $225 billion since the invasion of Iraq (a strange way to figure - I'd think one should either count the amount since the invasion of Afghanistan, or else separate Iraq funding from Afghanistan funding and report how much is spent only in Iraq after the Iraq invasion.
In any case, without a breakdown, it is difficult to determine how much will be spent in each country.
At Instapundit, Megan McArdle thinks this is good news for hawks, because it is so much lower than the trillions that some leftists have suggested it would cost.
Also, she points out:
"The war has cost more than I think I thought it would (I don't remember ever assigning it an exact price tag), but if it succeeds in building a democracy in the middle east, it will be well worth the cost."
That, I feel, is a VERY BIG if. Moreover, I have a feeling that the costs will not go down next year or the year after that, particularly if the Kurds begin moving toward separatism and Turkey intervenes, or if Bush decides to invade Syria or Iran next.
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