Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion - Martin Wolk: Eye on the Economy - MSNBC.com

Cost of Iraq war could surpass $1 trillion - Martin Wolk: Eye on the Economy - MSNBC.com:

"Those early estimates struck some economists as unrealistically low. William Nordhaus, a Yale economist who published perhaps the most extensive independent estimate of the potential costs before the war began, suggested a war and occupation could cost anywhere from $100 billion to $1.9 trillion in 2002 dollars, depending on the difficulty of the conflict, the length of occupation and the impact on oil costs."