Between March 2003 and April 2009, the United States' ongoing war against Iraq cost more than 4,000 American lives and approxima
tely $650 billion. What do these facts indicate? A. The U.S. military is no longer capable of successfully completing major overseas operations. B. The Bush administration's predictions of a quick and relatively inexpensive victory were inaccurate. C. The Bush administration's military budget was designed to provide only enough troops to fight a limited war. D. The U.S. military encountered unexpected weapons of mass destruction and were defeated in major battles.
I would say that B was the case ie Bush's prediction that Iraq's defeat would be quick and cheap was wrong. I believe that the US under Bush had no right to invade Iraq which was a sovereign country definitely with no weapons of mass destruction and its people had a high standard of living and women were much more emanicipated than in many other Arab countries like Saudi Arabia which the US is a staunch ally of. Also, it was gross hypocrisy when before the US had been an ally of Saddam Hussein during the war between Iraq and Iran and supplied him with arms.
Travel by water was quicker and better for long distance. However boats need to be built and are bulky. Travel by land is stealthier. Both have safety risks. Storms and jagged rock play a risk in water transportation. Land transportation can also be more exhausting, and more suspect to pillaging.
