It depends on your goals, maybe the goals are political (and very long term economical), not economic (in the short term). Many wars turned out to not be econo

It depends on your goals, maybe the goals are political (and very long term economical), not economic (in the short term). Many wars turned out to not be economic in the short term, but one can argue that the US has benefited from the rubblization of the middle east (like the shenanigans pulled in Iran among others, as described in "confessions of an Economic Hitman.")