$187b? You mean $87b, Mr. Author...
I don't think so. I think it was a total of $187 BILLION. $60 Billion was for Afghanistan. Of the remaining $127 Billion, a large chunk was for re-construction. Thats what Cheney was pointing out when he mentioned the contributions from other countries: $14 Billion in pledges for the war, the cost of other countries military efforts which they are eating, and the huge amount of forgiven Iraqi debt (I forget the total, but I thought it was $60-80 Billion.