The Iraq war was met with opposition both at home and abroad. The failure to discover the WMD's, a primary reason for the war, created a loss of confidence in the merits of the action. The Iraq War was essentially costly in both "blood and treasure".
The Iraq War also had many casualties and cost a lot of money
Cost of war and amount of casualties of American Troops
3,527 have died as a direct result of the war statistics from November 2013
The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said.
The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 trillion with an additional $490 billion in benefits owed to war veterans, expenses that could grow to more than $6 trillion over the next four decades counting interest, a study released on Thursday said.
("Iraq War Costs U.S.").
