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Iraq War Cost $800 Billion, And What Do We Have To Show For It?

March 18, 2013

 

“..Nearly eight times as much money — $60 billion — was spent rebuilding the country on the whole, with very little to show for it.

And more than 10 times that amount — $800 billion — was spent on the mission overall, a boondoggle that left more than 4,000 American service members dead, 32,000 more wounded, and an authoritarian government in place that is little better — and possibly, owing to its closer ties to Iran, worse — than the one that was taken out.”

Read more at: Iraq War Cost $800 Billion, And What Do We Have To Show For It?.

March 18, 2013 Filed Under: Political Tagged With: Iraq, War

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