What really sucks about the costs of Bush’s War is not only all the good that money could have done right here in America, but also that Bush spent all this money and put our country in a worse situation than it otherwise would have been. So it’s not just that Bush took $1.2 trillion and essentially flushed it down the toilet. He also took some portion of that money and handed it directly to the terrorists.
For example, Iran (controlled by Shiites) is absolutely giddy that the U.S. took out the Sunni government in Iraq and replaced it with a Shiite-controlled government. Iran had very little influence in Iraq when Saddam and other Sunnis were in control, but now Iran will have major influence in Iraq going forward. Basically Bush’s idiotic policies have greatly expanded Iranian influence in the Middle East.
