تكلفت حرب افغانستان و العراق تجاوزت 4 ترليون دولار و مع الفوائد و تعويضات المصابين و المتقاعدين الارقام تصل الى 12 ترليون دولار أى 12,000 مليار أو 12,000,000 مليون أو 12,000,000,000,000 اثنا عشر صفراً
مركز الدراسات الاستراتيجية و الدولية :
https://www.csis.org/analysis/us-military-spending-cost-wars
Three alternative cost estimates are also summarized in this section.
- One by Lina J. Blimes puts the total cost at $4 to $6 trillion by end FY2016.
- A related estimate by the Watson Institute puts the cost at $4.8 trillion through FY2016.
- A third estimate, by Neta Crawford, puts costs at more than $4.8 trillion through FY2017, plus more than $7.9 trillion in cumulative interest on past appropriations, or more than $12.7 trillion.
- If these alternative estimates—and many others—are taken into account, it is all too clear that the United States now has no official estimate of the cost of its wars. Further, without such an estimate, there is no credible basis for either Executive Branch or Congressional review of the budgets and plans for such wars, much less of the ability to effectively execute given strategies, and provide credible indicators of the cost effectiveness and progress of key elements of military and civil activity.