The War of 1812 is paid off
Non-human costs of the Iraq war topped $812,081,931,541 last week, the tenth anniversary of the war. The meter is still running on ongoing costs. On a single day last week, the war cost $27,516,349.
The total cost of all U.S. government wars since 2001 passed $1,434,656,788,354.
Associated Press reported last week that the U.S. is still paying off costs from the Civil War, Spanish-American War, two world wars, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, two Iraq wars and the Afghan war.
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