After 9/11, the United States launched new military including in Iraq. In September 2002, White House economic adviser estimated the cost of invading Iraq is between$100 billion to $200 billion. The head of the White House budget office called the adviser estimates very high and said the war would cost $50 billion to $60 billion; shortly thereafter, the adviser left the White House. In January 2004, a report from the Congressional Budget Office estimated the total costs of Iraq's reconstruction is between $50 billion to $100 billion. …show more content…
The CBO estimates the costs of the Iraq war, projected out through 2017, might top $1 trillion, plus and extra $705 billion in interest payments, and the total cost of Iraq and Afghanistan combined could reach $2.4