How much money has the U.S. spent on the war in iraq?
I think you’ll find that these figures will always be misleading. They will usually contain all or some Department of Defense expenditures that we would have had whether we were in Iraq or not. It might be better to apply an inflation rate and compare the DOD expenditures during the Clinton years and those of the Bush years. (Remember that Clinton had his own war against Iraq during his entire presidency, and there were considerable expenditures for patrolling the no-fly zones. Not as much as activating reserves and the use of ordinance and smart bombs, though.) And also take into account the amounts we’re spending on rebuilding Iraq. By the time you get down to the actual amounts for the war, your number will be very different than what you’re hearing in the media or at questionable web sites.
