credit: wikipedia /   US Army on patrol in Sadr City district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.

Between 2001 and 2019, the United States will have spent a total of $5.9 trillion dollars with its military budget. By 2023, it is estimated that the cost of America’s wars could total $6.7 trillion.   SOURCE: “America’s Military Spending and the Uncertain Costs of its Wars: The Need for Transparent Reporting,” by CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman.