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Monday, March 18, 2013

The Cost Of The Iraq War: 190,000 Lives, $2.2 Trillion

The U.S. invaded Iraq 10 years ago next week. Was it worth it?

Next Tuesday will mark the 10-year anniversary of the Iraq war. The cost of that military adventure? Approximately 190,000 dead soldiers, contractors, and civilians, and a $2.2 trillion bill for American taxpayers, according to a new report from Brown University. Specifically, the research was conducted by "30 economists, anthropologists, lawyers, humanitarian personnel, and political scientists from 15 universities, the United Nations, and other organizations."

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm really liking the embracing of democratic ideals and the nice products that now come from Iraq.
Could it get any better?

Anonymous said...

Thank you to George W Bush for waging a worthless war.

Anonymous said...

Don't forget the million+ Iraqis that died.

Anonymous said...

Who can forget all of obama's posturing and his announcement of his troop withdrawl plan back in 2011. Then he went on to claim that he ended the Iraq war. All the obamanistas were repeating how he ended the Iraq war ad nauseum. Those informed could only laugh at the ignorance of the obamanistas. This is the ignorance that Dr Ben Carson now speaks about-pathetically uninformed ignoramus voters. obama had ZERO to do with ending this war and as a matter of FACT wanted to extend it but Iraqi officials chose to enforce an agreement signed by Bush that US troops were to leave Iraq by end of 2011.

Anonymous said...

$2.2 trillion dollars over 10 years is now a big deal, but $6 billion over 4 years isn't?
Didn't agree with the initial conflict, but 2nd guessing what could have happened w/ crazy Hussein remaining in power w/ all the other crazies in the ME is, at best, a crap shoot.
I hope Brown does a study in 4 years to see how the Arab Springs supported by Teh Won are costing in terms of casualties and costs. The second obviously jacking up the $6 billion.

Anonymous said...

115, nice try. Last I checked, Obama was one of the few who spoke out against us going in the first place. He then went on to support troop withdrawal despite the political firestorm from the GOP that accused him of cutting and running. Now you guys want to move the goal posts again.

Anonymous said...

Wrong 1:41. You're just wrong.
Obama petitioned to stay.

Anonymous said...

We should have tactically dropped bombs to wipe everything, and everyone, from that country. And left...done. No rebuild, nothing. Goodbye.

Anonymous said...

Nice try but you better check again 1:41 because you are absolutely without a doubt unequivocally WRONG. Obama tried to renegotiate the Status of Forces agreement signed by Bush. Had the renegotiations been a success 5000 US troops would have remained in Iraq past the initial deadline.

Bushman said...

Go for the oil as repayment for the loss in American treasure...

Anonymous said...

I'm willing to bet a nuke is alot cheaper.