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S. Congress - show that as of 7:20 A.M. On November 19, 2006, the dollar cost for Iraq alone stood at $343,505,966,000. That's over $343 billion dollars spent on the war effort since Bush launched the American invasion on March 19 of 2003.

The National Priorities Project breaks down the cost of the war per state; for example, the war has cost California $43,514,789,000; it has cost the state of Nebraska $2,469,887,000 so far. It has cost Mississippi $1,336,643,290, and it has cost the devastated state of Louisiana (which is still trying to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina) $2,615,210,500 so far; imagine how many homes could be repaired, and how many affordable houses could have been built in and around New Orleans, with over 2 and a half billion dollars.

What is the cost to marriages involving the soldiers? The Institute for Policy Studies and Foreign Policy in Focus (IPSFP) writes that in 2,004 alone, 3,325 Army officer's marriages ended in divorce (up 78% from the divorces in 2003).

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What is the cost in terms of injuries suffered by American troops? More than 60% of the wounded soldiers (men and women) may have suffered brain injuries, according to the Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) (Young, 2006). The cost of treating those brain injuries over the next 20 years will be $14 billion, the Argus Leader reports, based on studies by Harvard and Columbia Universities.

Meantime, in conclusion, it can be fairly stated that not only did the U.S. foreign policy change after 9/11, but the changes, in many respects, have turned out to be a tragic mistake with enormous consequences for American soldiers, their families, for the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens who were reportedly killed, and for American prestige all over the world.

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