"The most expensive military effort in 60 years"

The Institute for Policy Studies recently published an analysis of the cost of the Iraq War and occupation, "The Iraq Quagmire: The Mounting Costs of War and the Case for Bringing Home the Troops." The study was co-authored by two prominent researchers and writers, Phyllis Bennis and Eric Leaver. Bennis is a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), is the author of the forthcoming Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the U.N. Defy U.S. Power (Interlink Publishing, Northampton MA, October 2005). Leaver is a research fellow at IPS and serves as the policy outreach director for the Foreign Policy In Focus project.
Kevin Zeese: Your study, "The Iraq Quagmire: The Mounting Costs of War and the Case for Bringing Home the Troops," examines the economic and human costs of the Iraq War and occupation. Let's start with the economic costs. How does the cost of the Iraq War compare to previous wars in the last Century?

Leaver: The Iraq War is the most expensive military effort in the last 60 years.