20 years after the Iraq War: Reflections and Consequences.
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The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 remains controversial, with no consensus on its legacy. The decision to go to war was a classic war of choice, with the US believing that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction and that there were no other viable options to eliminate them. The war cost the lives of 200,000 Iraqi civilians and 4,600 US soldiers, and the economic costs to the US were in the range of $2 trillion. The war ultimately proved to be a costly distraction, and the US and the world are still living with the consequences.
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