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Did they? The US sent 12 billion in cash (actual, paper cash) to Iraq and it went POOF. Weapons you fire and transport around the globe aren't free, pulling thousands of reservists from productive US jobs as cheap troops is not free. Lasting effects of PTSD and huge amounts of VA expenses for veterans is not free.


12 billion is a very small amount compared to the overall headline cost. Weapons and logistics is money that goes back into the US economy.

Your other points are also 'limited impact' (if not small impact, frankly) in the grand scheme of things...

In any case, lest we forget: the invasion of Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11.




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