“According to the Costs of War research project by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, the U.S. also spent $1.3 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before counting interest on the war debt and health care for veterans. Analysts are putting the total price of the wars abroad at closer to $2.6 trillion.”
– Mike O’Brien, “From Airport Pat-downs to Deadly Attacks in Iraq, the $3 Trillion Cost of Keeping Americans Safe Since 9/11,” Daily Mail, Sep. 7, 2011