The Iraq War lasted for nearly nine grueling years and cost the lives of thousands of American and allied troops, as well as hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, mostly civilians. Including the interest on debt incurred to finance the war and medical care for injured veterans, the purely economic price tag creeps into the low trillions.

The war was criticized even before it began, with many Americans joined by people abroad in protesting the George W. Bush administration's plans to invade. As the conflict continued and the human, cultural, and financial tolls skyrocketed, more and more people asked why the United States had involved itself, what the plan was, and if the country had learned nothing from its long and unsuccessful interventions in Vietnam and its neighbors. A decade-plus after t

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