{"id":49310,"date":"2020-02-06T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/06\/the-iraq-war-has-cost-the-us-nearly-2-trillion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:50:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:50:25","slug":"the-iraq-war-has-cost-the-us-nearly-2-trillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/02\/06\/the-iraq-war-has-cost-the-us-nearly-2-trillion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Iraq War has cost the US nearly $2 trillion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Even if the U.S. administration decided to leave \u2014 or was evicted from<\/a> \u2014 Iraq immediately, the bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated $1.922 trillion in current dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This figure includes not only funding appropriated to the Pentagon explicitly for the war, but spending on Iraq by the State Department, the care of Iraq War veterans and interest on debt incurred to fund 16 years of U.S. military involvement in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2003, the Department of Defense has received about $838 billion in \u201cemergency\u201d and \u201coverseas contingency operation\u201d funding for operations in Iraq through fiscal year 2019. This includes, from 2014 on, money dedicated to the fight against the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or IS, in a region including both Iraq and Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\t