What about the people?

I'll make this short, because it's a very sought after and discussed issue...The invasion of Iraq. Well, we all know the alleged stories behind the reason of the invasion - mainly, the erradication of terrorism...Well, that really makes me laugh! To date, 1.05 trillion dollars have been allocated to the wars in iraq and afghanistan, out of which, 747,3 billion to the war in Iraq. Just think on it: we're passing through a so called "unexpected crisis", although there were plenty of renown economists who foresaw and warned about what was going to happen..Coming back to Irak, if it were for me to take a hunch, i'd say that the main reason behind this groosome war which has made a lot of casualties, especially when you think about the innocent civilians ( approx. 104097, according to Iraq Body Count-http://www.iraqbodycount.org/). Iraq owns the world's 3rd largest proven petroleum reserves after Saudi Arabia and Canada.Just a fraction of Iraq’s known fields are in development, and Iraq may be one of the few places left where vast reserves, proven and unknown, have barely been exploited. OK, so it's all about the oil...but when you think about the costs behind the war and those of extraction and processing of the oil, a big question arises: Is it worth it? Furthermore, no matter how large those petroleum reserves would be, are all the human lives worth it?