“Desert Storm II would be in a walk in the park... The case for 'regime change' boils down to the huge benefits and modest costs of liberating Iraq.” Would BeWalksCasesHugeCostBenefitsIraqStormDesertParksRegimesModestLiberatingRegime ChangeWalks In The ParkDesert Storm Author:Kenneth Adelman
“I took the position of organizing 126 Democrats who voted against the Iraq war resolution. And I happen to think it was the right position. Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion, and it could rise the casualties could go into the thousands and the costs could go over a half trillion if we stay there for years, as a number of people on this stage intend to see happen.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsWarHappensTodayNumbersHalfStagePositionCostDemocratIraqBillionsResolutionIraq WarCasualtiesOver 50 Author:Dennis Kucinich
“They said that President Bush's war in Iraq has cost the former Spanish Prime Minister his job. So President Bush isn't losing American jobs anymore, he's branching out to other countries.” SaidWarCountryJobsPresidentCostLosingIraqFormerMinistersPrimeOther CountriesThey SaidPrime MinisterPresident BushAmerican JobsBranching Out Author:Jay Leno
“Some of the same politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to Iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in Iraq and said it would take a few months.” KnowsSaidWarChoicesBloodPossibilityMonthsPoliticianCostSolutionsConsequenceProgramFolksIraqNuclearTreasureRejectsIranDiplomaticPundits Author:Barack Obama
“The conduct of President Bush's war of choice has been plagued with incompetent civilian leadership decisions that have cost many lives and rendered the war on and occupation of Iraq a strategic policy disaster for the United States.” Has BeensWarStatesChoicesPresidentLeadershipDecisionUnitedUnited StatesPolicyCostIraqDisasterOccupationCiviliansPresident BushStrategicIncompetent Author:John Olver
“Some Democrats say the estimated $60 billion dollar cost of a war with Iraq could be better spent at home. When he heard that, President Bush agreed and announced plans to bomb Ohio.” WarHomePresidentPlansHeardCostDollarsDemocratIraqBillionsBombsPresident BushOhio Author:Jay Leno
“In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more costly, but we cannot yet calculate the cost of teaching Iran and others, by our role in the casual overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi, the peril of not having nuclear weapons.” MayHas BeensRolesTeachingCostWeaponsIraqNuclearIranNuclear WeaponsPigsPerilInvasionCasualBlundersGaddafiFecklessBay Of Pigs Author:George Will
“The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory for Osama bin Laden, whose announced goal was to bankrupt America by drawing it into a trap. The 2011 military budget - almost matching that of the rest of the world combined - is higher in real terms than at any time since World War II and is slated to go even higher .” WorldWarRealRunningAmericaGoalTermMilitaryVictoryHigherCostMajorsIraqDrawingBudgetsWar Of The WorldsAfghanistanWorld War IiWorld War ITrapsBin LadenOsama Bin LadenMatchingMilitary Budget Book:Who Rules the World? Source: Who Rules the World?
“Extending the ground war into an occupation of Iraq, would have incurred incalculable human and political costs. Had we gone the invasion route, the U.S. could conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land. It would have been a dramatically different - and perhaps barren - outcome.” HumansHas BeensStillsDifferentWarPoliticalGoneLandCostIraqOutcomesOccupationRoutesHostileInvasionBarrenExtending Author:George H. W. Bush
“OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run through September of 2016. Half of the trillion dollars goes to defense spending and the Pentagon. The other half goes to domestic spending - everything from prisons to parks. So there's also about 74 billion in there that goes to the military operations that we have ongoing in Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria.” YearsGovernmentRunningHalfMilitaryCostDollarsPrisonIraqSpendingDefenseBillionsOperationsParksAfghanistanSeptemberSyriaFederal GovernmentOngoingOther HalfPentagonMilitary OperationsDefense Spending Author:Susan Davis
“I really see the U.S. staggering under the burden of three blows. One is 9/11 and the threat of terrorism, which is still huge in Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere. The second is the failed 2003 war in Iraq, which cost so much and ruined America's credibility in the eyes of so many. Obama has repaired it to some extent, but those scars are deep. And then, thirdly, banks failed, the whole real estate market had the carpet pulled out from under it.” StillsWarRealWholeEyeAmericaThreeHugeCostThreatIraqBlowBurdenTerrorismScarElsewhereSyriaEstatesRuinedCarpetCredibilityStaggeringReal Estate Market Author:Chris Alexander
“I said in October of 2008 that there was no proof that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or had the intention or capability of attacking the United States. Here we are. Almost 4,700 troops died, tens of thousands injured, over a million Iraqis dead. It will cost $5 trillion in the end for the war.” SaidWarEndsStatesUnitedMillionsUnited StatesCostWeaponsMassDestructionDiedIntentionIraqProofCapabilityTroopsAttackingInjuredOctoberWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass Destruction Author:Dennis Kucinich
“Had we taken all of Iraq, we would have been like a dinosaur in the tar pit - we would still be there, and we, not the United Nations, would be bearing the costs of that occupation.” Has BeensStillsWould BeNationsUnitedTakenCostIraqOccupationUnited NationsPitsDinosaurs Author:Norman Schwarzkopf
“Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague conventions we would have been considered occupying powers and therefore would have been responsible for all the costs of maintaining or restoring government, education and other services for the people of Iraq.” PeopleHas BeensStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesGoneCostResponsibleIraqKingdomsCaptureConventionsMaintainingProvisionRestoringBaghdadUnited KingdomGenevaGovernment Education Book:It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf Source: It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf
“The budgetary cost to the UK of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through 2010 will total more than £18 billion. If we include the social costs the total impact will exceed £20 billion.” IfsWarSocialCostImpactIraqBillionsAfghanistanExceed Author:Joseph Stiglitz