War Costs Soar by a Third; Total Could Top $1.4 Trillion

quote[It's not just the troops that are surging. War costs are up for American operations in Iraq and Afghanistan* -- way up, more than a third higher than last year. In the first half of this fiscal year, the Defense Department's "average monthly obligations for contracts and pay is running about $12 billion per month, well above the $8.7 billion in FY2006," says a new report, obtained by DANGER ROOM, from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service.]

Christ, that's a lot of money! Imagine what could be done for education or health care with that kind of scratch!