Real Cost of Wars: $1.8 Trillion

Congress reveals the actual cost of the Iraq and Afghan wars so far. Also last night, they voted to fund the Iraq war for $50 billion, including the condition that troop withdrawal be complete by Dec. 15, 2008. This was a result of a deal made between Reid and Bush: Mukasey was not filibustered, in exchange for separating the “standard” military budget from the Iraq war spending for this year. So the $50 billion is directly tied to withdrawal by Dec. 15 2008 by law. If the Senate passes the same thing, Bush must veto.