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John McCain on Iraq

Despite running against President Bush for the Republican nomination for president in 2000, McCain has been a staunch supporter of the president on the U.S. invasion of Iraq. In 2002, he, along with seventy-six other senators, voted in favor of the Iraq War Resolution, which gave President Bush the authority to use military force against Iraq if Saddam Hussein refused to give up weapons of mass destruction. Senator McCain believed that it was necessary to approve the Iraq resolution to prevent Saddam from producing more advanced arsenals and giving the ex-dictator "more time to prepare for war on his terms, at a time of his choosing, in pursuit of ambitions that will only grow as his power to achieve them grows."[2] Since the September 11, 2001 attacks, McCain has come out to be one of the the most outspoken supporters of the war.

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U.S. troops patrolling through an alley in Iraq, 2006

U.S. military killed in Iraq: 4,090

Number of U.S. troops wounded in combat since the war began: 29,978

Iraqi Security Force deaths: 7,924

Iraqi civilians killed: Estimates range from 81,632-1,120,000

Internally displaced refugees in Iraq: 3.4 million

Iraqi refugees living abroad: 2.2-2.4 million

Iraqi refugees admitted to the U.S.: 3,222

The bill so far: $526 billion

Cost per day: $275 million

Cost per household: $4,100

The estimated long-term bill: $3 trillion

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