Iraq is always at a 'turning point'. Victory is always 'around the corner'. Always 'within six months'.
We have spent almost a trillion dollars in Iraq so far. And that's just the up-front costs. The project costs, if we were to leave today are three trillion. How much are we willing to spend for this? How much money is too much money? How many years are too many years? How many bodies are too many?
What do you call a war without a clear path to victory? A war which will never end?
Shouldn't these be the questions we can answer? I never hear the people who advocate to stay there talking about these issues. There was some point to the Iraq war, right? Something that we accomplished? Removing Hussein I guess. How many years of occupation was that worth? How much money was that worth? If you can't answer those questions I don't see how you can call your opinion on the war responsible or informed.
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