Iraq War: An analysis

Group Members:

Pradeep
Julie
Katie
Agelan
Megan
Matt
Iraq: An introduction
Iraq: Facts and Figures
Official name: Republic of Iraq
Capital: Baghdād
Area: 169,235 sq mi
Occupation- Services: 66%
GDP: $ 12,602 millions
 How the war
started
•March 2003

•Undeclared war since

1991
 Gulf War
Overproduction of Oil
Oil Prices Falls
Costs Iraq $14 Billion
Operation Desert Storm
America Depends on Oil
Oil Reserves
Establish Military Bases
Remove Threat to Israel
Payment in Euros
Maintain Dollar Value
 September 11, 2001
Over 3000 Dead
Whose to blame?
Saddam Hussein / Osama bin
Laden
70% believe Saddam is
Responsible
 “Weapons of Mass
Destruction”
“Slam-Dunk Case”
No weapons ever existed
“War is my absolute last
option”
“Pottery Barn Rule” “You
break it: You own it”
Other Countries Support
28 countries
Australia
Denmark
El Salvador
Honduras
Italy
Japan
Presidential Candidates and
the War
Hilary Clinton: Voted YES, now
Opposed
John Edwards: Voted YES, now
Opposed
Chris Dodd: Voted YES, not
Opposed
Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich
against war from the beginning
Effects of war
Pros for United States
Oil

Terrorism

Employment
Pros for Iraq
Freedom from dictatorship

Religious Tolerance

Renovations and development

Cons for United States
Deaths

Money

Increased terrorism

Political Pressure
Cons for Iraq
Deaths

Nuclear emissions

Political Instability

Chaos
Statistics
US SPENDING IN IRAQ

Spent & Approved War-Spending - About $600 billion of US taxpayers' funds. President
Bush has requested another $200 billion for 2008, which would bring the cumulative
total to close to $800 billion.

U.S. Daily Spending in Iraq - over $270 million, in November 2007

Cost of deploying one U.S. soldier for one year in Iraq - $390,000

Lost & Unaccounted for in Iraq - $9 billion of US taxpayers' money and $549.7 milion in
spare parts shipped in 2004 to US contractors.

Mismanaged & Wasted in Iraq - $10 billion, per Feb 2007 Congressional hearings

Halliburton Overcharges Classified by the Pentagon as Unreasonable and Unsupported -

$1.4 billion

Amount paid to KBR, a former Halliburton division, to supply U.S. military in Iraq with
food, fuel, housing and other items - $20 billion

Portion of the $20 billion paid to KBR that Pentagon auditors deem "questionable or
supportable" - $3.2 billion
Number of major U.S. bases in Iraq - 75
Troops In Iraq
Iraqi Troops Trained and Able to Function Independent of U.S. Forces -
6,000 as of May 2007 (per NBC's "Meet the Press" on May 20, 2007)
American Military Casualties in Iraq
Rebuilding Iraq
Years to come….
Conclusion