You seem to assume no Iraqis were killed, which is pretty odd. In "costly and fatal", I also include that the Iraq War arguably marks the end of the US as the

You seem to assume no Iraqis were killed, which is pretty odd. In "costly and fatal", I also include that the Iraq War arguably marks the end of the US as the world's only superpower. Both in terms of cost and moral status, it was a huge abdication of status.