A new report from Brown University estimates that the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will cost $4 trillion to the American economy. It states that U.S. has already spent $2.3 trillion to $2.7 trillion, contradicting the Congressional Budget Office, which pegs the overall cost of wars at $1.8 trillion through 2021.
Since September 11, more than 2,300 contractors and 6,000 U.S. soldiers have died along with 550,000 soldiers claiming disability at the Veterans Administration. Click here for more info.
