I read that the cost of the two wars have run over $850,000,000,000 (http://costofwar.com/), and could potentially run over $1,000,000,000,000 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11880954/)

But do you think this VAST cost justifies the results?

I personally don't. I mean the two original missions have not been fulfilled in any way. We haven't found Bin Laden or disbanded the Taliban which was the reason we went to Afghanistan. We also haven't found the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq either which is also why we went there. (probably because they never existed)

What do you think?

HELL NO...

What good came out of it?? I don't see any...

no

sadly it looks like were gonna be fighting a pointless stalemate in afghanistan for another 2-3 decades though, what a waste of money and lives

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Little to early to say.

Iraq looks like it's going to end up a stable democracy. Afghanistan's fate is unkown.

Assuming Iraq stays stable for 50 years.

It's worth it internationally. Not for the US since it would of basically been a bunch of money wasted to take over and fix a country that wasn't very thretening at all...

but those people will be much better off.

In the end... the number of people worse off... are very few... and those better off much greater.

Probably not.

Lets hope for everyones sake they end up doing well though.

Stability in a government miles away is irrelivent when the US had to borrow all that money to pay for the war. How on earth can people critisize Bush and Obama for bailing out the economy when the war just by itself will basically destroy much, if any, of the growth potential in America's future. China wins

Not worth the loss of life or the loss of money. Either one of those (and definitely both) outweigh any potential unintentional benefit for a possible third party in the distant future.

Like Kasz said, it's really too early to tell, considering all the factors and effects and how long they'll take to truly settle and be observable.

But in my opinion, letting thousands of Americans and between 90,000 and 100,000 CONFIRMED civilians die for potential benefits is stupid, murder, and a waste of time, money, life, and credibility.

We went in to Iraq because everybody wanted blood after 9/11, and our war killed more than 30 times as many civilians. If anything good ever comes out of it, we shouldn't be celebrating.

^well said Rubang.