By the end of this year, the USA will have spent over $300 billion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't have the exact figures, but I think over 90% of that is on the Iraq War.
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Please explain to me again how we have gotten our money's worth for this $300 billion, not to mention the loss of the lives of over 1600 American soldiers and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians. Please explain to me how we are any better off, or for that matter, the Iraqi people are any better off, than if Sadaam were still in power.
Please explain to me how we are better off for defying the will of the international community, committing clear violations of international law, destroying American credibility with WMD lies, and pissing off the entire world so badly that we are the most hated country in the history of the world.
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