Just look at the numbers. They speak for themselves.
Approved For The Hurricane Disaster so far $10 Billion and for Iraq >
Spent & approved to spend in Iraq $300 billion of US taxpayers' money
Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq $9 billion of US taxpayers' money
Halliburton Overcharges Publicly Known to be Hidden by the Pentagon from Auditors $108 million
Troops Total 161,500, including 138,500 from the US, 8,000 from the UK, and 15,000 from all other nations (other than Iraq)
US Troop Casualities 1,869 US troops; 98% male. 90% non-officers; 76% active duty, 14% National Guard; 73% white, 11% African-American, 11% Latino. 35% killed by unidentified causes; 19% killed by non-hostile causes.
Non-US Troop Casualties Total 194, with 93 from the UK.
US Troops Wounded 14,021
Iraqi Military and Police Casualties 2,945
Iraqi Civilians Killed, Estimated 32,300 to 65,800
Iraqi Insurgents Killed, Estimated 45,470
Non-Iraqi Contractors Killed 300
Non-Iraqi Kidnapped 228, including 41 killed, 113 released, 3 escaped, 3 rescued and 68 status unknown.
US Military Helicopters Downed in Iraq 39
Estimated insurgents, June 2003 5,000
Estimated insurgents, July 2005 20,000, including 1,000 foreign nationals
Daily insurgent attacks, Feb 2004 14
Daily insurgent attacks, July 2005 70
Trained Iraqi Troops Needed by July 2006 272,600
Trained Iraqi Troops, Per the Pentagon 179,900
Trained Iraqi Troops, Per General Richard Meyers in March 2005 40,000
Trained Iraqi Troops, Per US Senator Joseph Biden in March 2005 4,000 to 18,000
Trained Iraqi Troops, Per US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad in August 2005 {/b} "Not very large."
Iraqi Unemployment Rate 27 to 40%
Average Hours Iraqi Homes Have electricity 11
Length of Gasoline Lines 1 mile
Inflation 11.4% in February 2005
Children Enrolled in Primary School 2000, 3.6 million; 2004, 4.3 million
Telephone Subscribers pre-war, 833,000; August 2005, 3.9 million
And the one to make all US taxpayers gasp: World Bank and CPA Estimate of Iraq Reconstruction Needs $55,259,000,000