I am not a scholar of this sort of thing but here is my list: Positives in the short term: job sustenance at war companies; rayethon, boeing, northrup, et. al.

I am not a scholar of this sort of thing but here is my list: Positives in the short term: job sustenance at war companies; rayethon, boeing, northrup, et. al. sympathetic(possibly) government in Iraq that will continue to supply oil at roughly current prices. Negatives: 4 trillion dollars that could have been spent on sustainable energy research and implementation. Human lives gone both on our side and theirs. Ideological aggression from factions in the Middle East countries due to our aggressive actions. Our actions may spark neutral countries to back our enemies. There are definitely more that I can't think of off the top of my head. Might be wrong on some of these and I would like to hear other people's opinions.