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January 04, 2007

CQ: White House line on war cost called too low

Costofwar_4 Congressional Quarterly notes this week that "Three independent assessments place the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus anti-terrorism activities, at amounts in excess of the Bush administration’s figures." Click here to see the breakdowns. (CRS separates out spending by operation, while CBO's breakdown, by spending bill, is less transparent.)

These charts highlight two stark realities:

  • First: military spending in Iraq dwarfs spending on Afghanistan (by a five to one margin in recent years). Based on a threat assessment, one would be hard pressed to justify this allotment.
  • Second: military spending in Afghanistan--at $20 billion last year--itself massively overshadows to all other international spending in Afghanistan (for example, CRS notes that five years of U.S. spending (FY2001-FY2005) on reconstruction, humanitarian aid, economic assistance, and training for Afghan security forces combined comes to $5.7 billion.)

Rectifying these two massive imbalances is a necessary first step to getting America's Afghan strategy back on track...

Posted by Carl Robichaud on January 04, 2007 at 12:39 PM in U.S. Policy |

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