That was worth it...

"After hundreds of billions trillions of dollars spent wasted since the United States invasion in 2003, and tens of thousands of lives lost, insurgents remain a potent and perhaps resurging threat to Iraqis and the American troops still in the country."

Yeah, that Bush Doctrine sure worked real well in bringing democracy to the Middle East, didn't it?  Three trillion dollars, 4,474 dead and 32,000 wounded Americans all because the last obnoxious Texan in the White House wanted to play cowboy.