America is still dealing with that decision to this day, talking about WMD’s, they didn’t even find a water gun over there
That money could have went towards infrastructure
That money could have gone to maintaining the US military edge in technology over everybody, but instead it went to using multi million dollar ordinance to use against people living in caves driving pre-owned Toyotas.
It could have gone to modernizing the power grid and our obsolete bridges and roads. Instead it was used to invade a country that had no WMD or anything to do with 9/11. Too bad Bush was never held accountable for his war crimes.
In a just world, we leave Iraq alone and whoever is running that country keeps Iran in check. Instead of being a decade in front of China, in terms of military tech, we are now 2 or 3 decades. We also wouldn't have to worry about statewide power grids failing during a mild winter freeze or bridges collapsing because they are decades past their expiration.
We also don't have the rampant islamophobia that led to the racist backlash of Barack Hussain Obama, which led to the trumpism