Essay/Commentary: "587 Billion Just Pissed Away"

Essay/Commentary:  "567 Billion Just Pissed Away"

         Thanks for nothing George W. Bush.  According to Providence, RI radio DJ Geoff Charles, the Iraq war cost the U.S. taxpayer a grand total of something like  567 billion dollars.  Imagine all the good that money could have done.  If that money wasn't wasted on such a frivolous war, perhaps there wouldn't have been a near meltdown of our entire economy. To boot, we wouldn't likely have had to worry about the so-called fiscal cliff or the unnecessary sequestration that occurred largely due to the failure of compromise and bipartisanship between the legislative and executive branches of our Federal Government. Without a doubt, we didn't benefit one iota from this needless war based on deceit rather than necessity.  Five thousand some-odd American soldiers perished, and no doubt thousands more suffered physically or psychologically. Other than the demise of a dictator (Saddam Hussein), we undoubtably did much more harm than good by going to war in the Middle East. We killed untold thousands of Iraqis, we destabilized the region, and we radicalized who knows how many Moslems both in Iraq and even in the U.S. (such as the Boston Marathon bombers). Although still praised by many on the right, Geoerge Dubya Bush should be remembered in infamy and as a disgrace.