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Counting Down the Costs of War with Iran
War is costly. If you have any doubts, take a look at our experience in Iraq and Afghanistan: over $1.3 trillion spent and more than 8,000 lives lost, for shaky security gains. And then there are the unintended consequences: loss of international credibility, regional instability, and more. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Iran debate, the potential consequences of war are often lost in the shuffle. Read more »
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Posted by Mary Kaszynski on March 15, 2012
Afghanistan, Diplomacy with Iran, Iran sanctions, War Costs, Iran
A War We Never Should Have Waged
The Iraq War is the greatest strategic blunder in American history. It cost our nation $1 trillion, the lives of thousands of our finest warriors, and our international credibility. It made defeating al-Qaeda harder, stopping Iran more difficult, and global security more precarious. It was not, as some now say, simply the fault of bad intelligence. Our senior officials willfully and systematically misled the American people and our closest allies on the most crucial question any government faces: Must we go to war? Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on December 15, 2011
Bush, Carl Levin, Diplomacy with Iran, Iraq, Joe Cirincione, Saddam Hussein, War Costs, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMDs in Iraq, Intelligence