The invasion of Iraq really had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. Bush seeks searching to do. The war against Iraq to be very expensive at first only requires more than U.S. $ 60 billion (Rp551, 5 trillion).

According to the calculation of the cost of war that must be issued by the U.S. three years ago, was in the range U.S. $ 3-5 trillion. With nearly 50 percent of the number of soldiers who returned and could receive disability compensation and more than 600 thousand veterans who underwent medical treatment, taken into account also that the money for disabled soldiers and health care costs will reach about U.S. $ 600-900 billion.

Besides the social costs that arise as a suicide action taken by veterans of the war (which in recent years to touch 18 events per day) and the breakdown of households could not be calculated with certainty.

If Bush gain forgiveness for his services to include the U.S. and other countries in silver against Iraq, there is no forgiveness for Bush for the way he chose to finance the war. Throughout history, Bush’s war is the only one fully funded from borrowing. At the time when the U.S. was at war, increasing the budget deficit after tax cuts in 2001.

Threats that could bring down the U.S. in the future can be traced to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Surge in defense spending, along with tax cuts, is a key factor which reveals the cause of why the U.S. edged out of business. Direct government spending for the second war reached approximately U.S. $ 2 trillion – U.S. $ 17,000 per family.

Bilmes asserts in his book entitled “The Three Million Dollar War” (War of Three Million Dollars) that the war in Afghanistan and Iraq have weakened the U.S. macro economy and exacerbate the deficit and debt. Now, the turmoil in the Middle East triggered oil price high.

Americans are required to pay more for imported oil. In fact, they can use that money to buy more domestic products.

The U.S. central bank (Federal Reserve) hide the ugliness of it by creating a housing credit bubble that ultimately encourages the consumption boom.

Ironically, the war had to make security the U.S. (and world) topsy-turvy again in a way that was never imagined by bin Laden. An unpopular war would complicate the recruitment of soldiers.

Bush tried to outsmart the Americans about the cost of the war, he did not provide sufficient funding support for the soldiers. He refused to provide the standards required for expenditure, for example, armored vehicles, anti-mine to protect the troops. Or, setidakya, provide adequate health benefits for veterans. There are courts in the U.S. who recently declared that the rights of the veterans had been violated. (Remarkably, the administration requested that the appeal rights of veterans must be limited!)

Side effects caused devastating: more than one million Iraqis have died, directly or indirectly, by war. According to some studies, approximately 137 000 civilians were killed by a pathetic in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last 10 years. Among the Iraqis alone, 1.8 million refugees seek a safe place and 1.7 million others homeless.

Not all the consequences of endless disaster. Deficit experienced by Americans presumably would lead to budget constraints. U.S. military spending was almost equal the combined military spending of the world if the two decades after the end of the Cold War era.

Some of the increase in budget expenditure devoted to Iraq, Afghanistan and the Global War on Terrorism. However, many funds are wasted for the sake of weapons will be used to destroy enemies, which obviously does not exist. Now, it will be re-distributed funds, and the U.S. would have cost less to seek safety in the country.