The reason the debt ballooned under President Obama is because he put the expenditures for the wars on budget, presto chango we have a huge deficit.
As for why the cost of the war has been quoted any where from 1 to 2 trillion is that some people are talking about what has actually been spent (President Obama quoted 750 billion spent in Iraq, no mention of Afghanistan) and what has been incurred, benifits to be paid to those who bore the brunt of Bush's folly, our service personnel. We'll be paying for them for the rest of their maimed lives.
Since you Obama haters want to make a big deal about inaccurate numbers, how about the war mongers promising that the Iraq war would "only" cost 25 to 50 billion?
As for why the cost of the war has been quoted any where from 1 to 2 trillion is that some people are talking about what has actually been spent (President Obama quoted 750 billion spent in Iraq, no mention of Afghanistan) and what has been incurred, benifits to be paid to those who bore the brunt of Bush's folly, our service personnel. We'll be paying for them for the rest of their maimed lives.
Since you Obama haters want to make a big deal about inaccurate numbers, how about the war mongers promising that the Iraq war would "only" cost 25 to 50 billion?