S. 1 EP. 5 - War In Iraq

Overview

Overthrowing Saddam Hussein in 2003 was reasonably easy. Ending the violence in Iraq was not. In fact, war in Iraq ground on for more than a decade and its costs were enormous: the US spent more than $3 trillion overall. We trace the costs of war in the region dating back to the Iran-Iraq war and the Gulf War, and look at the cycle of violence which has devastated the country and its people.