A $3 trillion dollar war with $615 billion in interest

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/04/stiglitz200804?printable=true&currentPage=all“8. Add interest. The U.S. has borrowed most of the funds used to wage the Iraq war. We will have to repay this debt with interest. If we include in our tally the interest payable on what we are borrowing over only the next 10 years, this adds another $615 billion to the price tag, and brings …