Democrats quickly point to the cost of the war in Iraq. At a cost of roughly $100B per year, they use it as an economic issue. What they don't consider is the cost of failure in Iraq, nor have they articulated a strategy that will both affored victory and still extricate us from Iraq. Let us consider a few scenarios in a post-withdrawal Iraq and calculate the costs involved. Should even moderate instability result from the U. S, departure from Iraq, the price of oil will be likely to rise. A rise in oil prices that would result in a...