There's a huge difference between the very limited expansion of the U.S.'s presence in Iraq that president Barack Obama announced on June 19 and the full-on U.S. invasion of the last decade. Still, the very fact that the U.S. is sending additional troops to Iraq, where the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has taken over major cities and infrastructure, brings the last big U.S. military operation in the country to mind — as well as its steep costs. Obama's response to this latest crisis won...
The Staggering Cost Of The Last Decade's US War In Iraq -- In Numbers
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 22:09
There's a huge difference between the very limited expansion of the U.S.'s presence in Iraq that president Barack Obama announced on June 19 and the full-on U.S. invasion of the last decade. Still, the very fact that the U.S. is sending additional troops to Iraq, where the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has taken over major cities and infrastructure, brings the last big U.S. military operation in the country to mind — as well as its steep costs. Obama's response to this latest crisis won...
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