Don’t low-ball this.

ATrigueiro

May 7, 2019·1 min read

Don’t low-ball this. We are approaching a trillion dollars expended since 2003. Billions? Hundreds of billions. Thousands of civilian casualties? No tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands.

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…hat America often bites off more than it can chew, with the occupation of Iraq their go-to example. The United States-led coalition tried to install a democracy, spending billions of dollars, losing thousands of lives, and killing many thousands more — and for what? Saddam Hussein is gone, but Iran is stronger. Al Qaeda exploited the insurgency, and ISIS grew out …

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