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human
ELI5:Was the Iraq War a loss or a win?

Was the war in Iraq a complete loss like Vietnam, or was it successful.
gpt
Obviously  the recent events in Iraq help show that it was a complete failure, and waste of a couple trillion dollars and thousands of lives.  Not only did we not rid the world of a leader with WMD (the initial reason for the invasion) because there was none, but we couldn't even help the country become a functioning one.  We'll probably be back over there soon getting shot at by our own weapons.