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To: TimF who wrote (532441)	11/24/2009 5:23:56 PM
From: RetiredNow	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574854

I did some Googling and here's what I found: Right now, according to the document below, we spend about $3.6B/month on Afghanistan for a 68K troop level. Annualize that and forecast out 10 years based on a 100K troop level and you get $635B. We've already spent $944B on Iraq and Afghanistan. I think the likelihood is VERY high that before all is said and done, we will have spent $1.5 trillion at the minimum and probably more like $2 trillion on these wars before the end of 2019. That's really sad considering all that we could have done with that money instead. Past costs of the wars since FY'01: fas.org With enactment of the FY2009 Supplemental (H.R. 2346/P.L. 111-32) on June 24, 2009, Congress has approved a total of about $944 billion for military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans' health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other counter terror operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases; and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).