THE IRAQ WAR IS OVER, THE GOP PRIMARIES CONTINUE — WHICH WILL DO MORE LONG-TERM DAMAGE TO THE U.S.?
December 18 | Posted by The Global Game | THE WEEK IN REVIEWAmerica’s 9-year adventure in Iraq finally ended, and TGG, like so many others in this country and around the world, had to ask — at what cost? The “statistical” costs were easy to add up — more than 100,000 Iraqi citizens dead, more than 4,000 U.S. troops dead and 30,000 wounded, almost $1 trillion in budget expenditures. But perhaps the “soft” costs were even more problematic — a crippling blow to U.S. prestige... Read more




