On September 15, 2002 in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Lindsey estimated the high limit on the cost to be 1-2% of GNP, or about $100-$200 billion. Mitch Daniels, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, subsequently discounted this estimate as "very, very high" and stated that the costs would be between $50-$60 billion. This lower figure was endorsed by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.We didn't use overwhelming force or take decisive control of the country either.
The 50-60 billion was referring to the initial effort to take over the country.
“We didn’t use overwhelming force or take decisive control of the country either.”
Sure we did. We bombed the heck outta them and overran every position they had.
And then we started prosecuting marines for shooting them.