In 2002, Michael O'Hanlon estimated the Iraq War would cost $50B, with $5-$20B maintenance costs thereafter. www.brookings.edu/articles/ove...
Left-wing Forbes is making the same point. fortune.com/2026/03/09/i...
@emptywheel.bsky.social oooph, when you lose those darn commies at Forbes...
@emptywheel.bsky.social nit picky, but the article links to fortune, not forbes which …yeah, the crapitalist class…tend to all look the same to me, too. Oopsie, did I say that in a public comment?