Cost Quote by Virgil Goode

The Iraq war was not necessary.

— Scott McClellan

The war in Iraq has been very, very expensive - partly because the Administration tried to keep the apparent costs down. But the benefits…

— Joseph Stiglitz

There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers.

— Michael Ignatieff

War is never cheap or easy.

— George H. W. Bush

Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices.

— Mahatma Gandhi

We are not going to abandon Iraq.

— Zalmay Khalilzad

There is not a shortage of assets in northern Syria but a shortage of targets.

— Crispin Blunt

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.

— Anonymous

Iraq is not about oil.

— Bobby Ray Inman

Basic services such as electricity have never been worse and the economy of Arab Iraq is in ruins.

— Andrew Gilligan

There is no progress without product.

— Robert Genn

We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs…

— Earl Blumenauer