Opportunity cost is the loss of other alternatives when one alternative is chosen. It represents the benefits an individual, investor or business misses out on when choosing one alternative over another. An example is when I choose my career path. The opportunity cost represents all the other career paths that I did not choose.
Correct answer: C. US and coalition forces were hampered by bad intelligence and a strong resistance in Iraq.
Context:
The war in Iraq was pursued beginning in 2003 as a preemptive strike against the regime of Saddam Hussein and the perception that he had stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction that could be used for terroristic purposes. That perception did not turn out to be a full reality, but the war pursued regime change in Iraq nonetheless. Saddam Hussein was removed from power and later was tried by the Iraqi Special Tribunal and executed (in 2006). But the US war in Iraq became a protracted and difficult struggle that did not accomplish many positive goals.
He and the supreme court ruled in favor of Brown on the basis that its unconstitutional to discriminate based on race in public schools.
Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland are three Eastern Bloc nations.
