How does the iraq war affect the economy?

Question

As a whole

Answer 1

well this war is a 10 billion dollar a month bad habit going no where not to mention Saddam is dead and buried so whats the point, mission accomplished, time to come home.

Answer 2

1. Money is being drained out as there is no production going on. Money si also being drained out in other ways as the soldiers are supplied with food, clothing, etc. Also, those soldiers buy their products there so to some small extent, the market is also shrinking of the US.  

Answer 3

Money is going nowhere.

Answer 4

Since we are paying for both sides of the war it disrupts our economy because of what it does to consumer confidence. We are paying to fight the war on terror and rebuild Iraq. And we are paying for oil from the people who are funding the terrorist whom we are fighting the war on terror against.