Blog 1: Iraq war and its impact

The Iraq war has paid a heavy toll on all of us; if you reside in the United States you are effected no matter what. Estimated costs are in the trillions of dollars and there is still no end in site. What are we still doing in Iraq? Our economy is on the verge of a recession, and the only thing our president is about worried is making Iraq a democratic and free country. It's either going to be us or them, there is no way our economy can survive if we stay in Iraq any longer. It's hard to believe we are still in Iraq when the reasons for going into Iraq were false and inaccurate, there were no weapons of mass destruction found, Iraq did not support Aqeada or Osama Bin Ladin in the September 11 attacks. We basically attacked an innocent country, destroyed it to pieces, executed their top government officials, and yet we are still in Iraq, for a reason I still do not know. Maybe its for the oil? But if it was why are gas prices averaged at $3.40 a gallon. The truth is we will never find out why we went into Iraq, at least not in next 50 years. The only thing we accomplished by going into Iraq is the hatred of the Islamic world and lost the faith and trust of the American people in their government.