recently made known academic resear...

recently made known academic research suggests that the war in Iraq could take away from America up to $2 trillion.

Congres appropriated $357 billion from 2002 by the agency of the end of 2005 for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and related security issues, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service.

on the other hand two research papers suggest that those numbers don't betray the whole story. When nonbudget economic factors are added, the stanch cost to the U.S. economy throughout the next decade could be anywhere from $657 billion to $2 trillion for the Iraq war alone, these studies estimate.

That's a portion of money; $2 trillion is enough to purchase General Motors Corp. about 175 times at general stock prices.

The researchers include what they estimate continued military operations in Iraq will price over the next decade -- as abundant as $266 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional fiscal estimate Office.

Both papers also place a