How America Lost Its Nerve Abroad
June 13, 2013 The Atlantic
“The latest reckoning of the costs of that war come to a staggering $2.2 trillion … —an amount that could turn just about anyone into a deficit hawk.”
In the News
Auditing the War on Terror: The Watson Institute's Costs of War Project
May 17, 2013 American Anthropologist
"The Costs of War project advocates increasing governmental transparency of those aspects of war that can be counted…as a basic means of providing the context for a democratic debate about war."
The Boston bombing and us
April 25, 2013 NPR
“The invasion has cost U.S. taxpayers about $2 trillion. Taking care of veterans from the Iraq War and rebuilding Iraq will cost additional billions.”
The Cost of War
March 20, 2013 The Providence Phoenix
“…with the tenth anniversary of the war upon us, Lutz and a team … have developed something more robust: a comprehensive, by-the-numbers look at the human, financial, and social impacts of the conflict.”
A Marine’s Anniversary Reflections
March 19, 2013 Time
“A recent study out of Brown University estimated that the war has cost a total of 190,000 lives and $2.2 trillion so far. These costs could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next 40 years — simply staggering figures.”
Cost of Iraq War: More than $2.2 trillion
March 19, 2013 UPI
“The Iraq War killed 190,000 people, 70 percent civilians and 4,488 U.S. service members and will cost the U.S. taxpayer $2.2 trillion, U.S. researchers say.”
The battle comes home
March 19, 2013 The Providence Journal
“[At] least 190,000 people of many nationalities — including Iraqi citizens and foreign soldiers — died in the war, including 4,488 U.S. servicemen and women. War-related ‘indirect’ deaths, such as from disease, bring the total higher.”
Car Bombs and Suicide Attacks in Baghdad Mark 10th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion
March 19, 2013 PBS News Hour
“A report released this month put the cost of Iraq’s reconstruction at more than $60 billion dollars so far, that on top of $1.7 trillion in estimated war costs, according to a recent study by Brown University.”
The continuing costs of the Iraq war: ‘We’re not doing enough’ for veterans
March 19, 2013 MSNBC
“The report reveals that 190,000 lives have been lost due to the war—70% of them, Iraqi civilians—and has cost the United States $2.2 trillion—44 times higher than what the U.S. Office of Management and Budget estimated.”
10 years later, the Iraq war is still a failure
March 19, 2013 Yahoo News
“They [administration officials] said it would be cheap: $50 billion to $60 billion. It actually cost 31 times as much: $1.7 trillion, the Brown study says. And that's before an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans.”
'Operation Iraqi Freedom' a decade later
March 19, 2013 WITF
“Consider 4,488 American service men and women died in Iraq. It's estimated some 134,000 Iraqi civilians were killed. The U.S. will spend more than $2 trillion on the war and reconstruction when all the figures are tallied.”
The Costs of War: 10 Years After Iraq Invasion, New Study Tallies the Massive Human, Financial Toll
March 19, 2013 Democracy Now
“On the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we look at a massive new report by a team of 30 economists, anthropologists, political scientists, legal experts and physicians about the Iraq War’s impact.”
The Legacy of the Iraq War? Anti-War Democrats and Rand Paul
March 18, 2013 National Journal
“The study also found that at least 134,000 Iraqi civilians died, although the Watson Institute says the death toll could be up to four times higher. An estimated 36,000 American military personnel were also killed or injured during the war.”
Iraq war cost: $6 trillion. What else could have been done?
March 18, 2013 Los Angeles Times
“A study by Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies finds that the war has cost $1.7 trillion so far, with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans.”
Gene Healy: The Iraq War's unhappy anniversary
March 18, 2013 The Examiner
“A new report … tallies up the costs: nearly 4,500 U.S. troop fatalities, an eventual budgetary cost of some $3.9 trillion and more than 130,000 civilians as ‘collateral damage.’”
Looking Back At The Iraq War
March 18, 2013 On Point
Thousands of American servicemen and women and their families have paid – and many still pay – a steep personal price for the Iraq War.
Tenth anniversary of war in Iraq
March 18, 2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
“…according to the 'Costs of War' Project at Brown University in the US, at least 134,000 Iraqi civilians were killed, 4488 American service members died and a further 32,000 wounded.”
Human and financial costs of decade-long Iraq War analyzed in new study from Brown University
March 16, 2013 Daily News
“Stunning new statistics… show that the decade-long War in Iraq has resulted in at least 189,000 deaths and cost more than $2 trillion.”
Karl Rove's War
March 16, 2013 Huffington Post
“As we mark the tenth anniversary of the U.S. decision to invade Iraq, surely it makes sense to acknowledge the consequences of our conduct… the war's cost in treasure and blood: $6 trillion and at least 190,000 lives lost.”