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Peter Galbraith on Why We Lost the War in Iraq
Former Ambassador to Croatia Peter W. Galbraith sits down with NPR's Mike Shuster to discuss his new book, Unintended Consequences: How War in Iraq Strengthened America's Enemies
Peter Galbraith on Why We Lost the War in Iraq
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The Iraq war commenced in 2002 with the United States of America ousting the Saddam Hussein led Iraqi regime finally. But the mounting cost of war in Iraq all these years of war are still a weight on the minds of the economists and the taxpayers alike. A war can be really draining on the resources of the nation. Some optimists hold out the argument that the war is good for the economy. But this is far from true....
How Much Are We Spending on the War in Iraq?
Deployment of one U.S. soldier for one year costs taxpayers near $390,000. The average U.S. soldier earns a salary of $54,000 per year. Although we are entering the sixth year of the Iraq war, costs continue to rise, with a $12.5 billion per month cost in 2008 as compared to a $4.4 billion per month cost in 2003. This gap may prove staggering, but the Washington continues to state a need for further spending, with President Bush requesting an additional $200 billion in supplemental funding to cover the war through the rest of this year....
