Iraq war worth the cost?

[Virus]

And, in any case, if it was “worth it,” why shouldn’t we keep doing it, not only in Iraq but all over the world? Perpetual war for stable government, one might call it.

All-or-nothing fallacy.

 

[MIKILLINI]

All-or-nothing fallacy.

We shall see what the future brings.

 

[Virus]

We shall see what the future brings.

That doesn't make any sense. Either you used an All-or-Nothing fallacy or you didn't. And you did.

 

[MIKILLINI]

That doesn't make any sense. Either you used an All-or-Nothing fallacy or you didn't. And you did.

I posed the question with a hint of sarcasm. You may call it an all or nothing fallacy, but that's not how I see it.

 

[Robrob]

Wasn't. Saddam was already at war with the US and UK. He didn't abide by the ceasefire terms.

Which is exactly how the war was sold to the US public. No mention of tons of the most deadly weapons known to man. No sketches of mobile bio-labs. No receipts for yellowcake uranium. No deadly UAV capable of striking the US. No ties to al Qaeda. No, none of that...

Syria, Iran and wealthy Saudi backers were behind it.

Exactly. Why did we invade Iraq again?

Bin Laden is dead and Al-Qaeda have been crushed, having achieved absolutely nothing.

Good.

Yes, too bad none of that actually happened in Iraq. It might have made losing 4,500 US citizens more palatable.

 

[Virus]

Here:

 

[Bill Thompson]

As a percentage of the GNP, the Iraq war has been one of the cheapest of the wars fought by the USA.

 

[Cain]

I spend a much higher percentage of my income on food than I do flushing dollar bills down the toilet.

 

[Bill Thompson]

You must not live in Vegas.

 

[Undesired Walrus]

Blood will keep on spilling.

Yes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16297707

Terrible.

 

[Undesired Walrus]

how do you say "this is gonna suck" in arabic?

وستكون هذه مص

 

[Pardalis]

Population of earth: ~ 7 billion
cost of Iraq war: ~ $3 trillion
= $428 per person

Cost of 1 dozen donuts: ~ 5 dollars

instead of Iraq we could have bought every man, woman and child on face of the earth 85 dozen donuts.

But once those donuts have been eaten there's nothing left. With the removal of the Hussein clan, it's more an open ended investment

 

[The Don]

Bin Laden is dead and Al-Qaeda have been crushed, having achieved absolutely nothing.

Good.

Well to be fair they have caused the West to completely re-write the security rule book. Without their contribution we wouldn't have had the Patriot act, the nightmare which is commercial air travel, the wariness/paranoia we have w.r.t. Muslims and a generation of radical Muslims

They achieved a heck of a lot, much of it unintentionally.

 

[Virus]

Patriot Act was a good thing.

 

[leftysergeant]

Bin Laden is dead and Al-Qaeda have been crushed, having achieved absolutely nothing.

Good.

Cow cookies. ObL wanted us bankrupt and impotent.

Bush the Lesser obliged.

 

[leftysergeant]

Patriot Act was a good thing.

NOT!

 

[The Don]

Sadly things are still very volatile in Iraq:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16297707

A wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, has killed at least 63 people and injured around 185, say officials.

 

[Johny2x4]

Patriot Act was a good thing.

I guess it´s easy to say it´s a good thing when not living under ti.

 

[funk de fino]

The whole thing was a farce. A costly farce.

 

[IDB87]

I guess it´s easy to say it´s a good thing when not living under ti.

I live under it. Besides air-travel, I've not felt any change in my day to day life. But then I live a very simple life.