Who would have guessed that Iraq would be so costly? Certainly not the GOP who so often criticized the Democrats for out of control spending. The Republicans know how to control the budget and costs, right? That's what they always like to tell everyone, at least.
The cost of the war in Iraq will reach $320 billion after the expected passage next month of an emergency spending bill currently before the Senate, and that total is likely to more than double before the war ends, the Congressional Research Service estimated this week.
"The costs are exceeding even the worst-case scenarios," said Rep. John M. Spratt Jr. (S.C.), the ranking Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
