Date: February 12, 1999
Defendant: President William Jefferson
Clinton
Charge: Lying about a blow job
Cost to the US taxpayer:
$52 million
Outcome: Impeached and found not guilty
Date: November 5, 2006
Defendant: Ex-President Saddam
Hussein
Charge: Crimes against humanity
Cost to the US taxpayer:
$437 billion so far, up to $2 trillion projected
Incidental costs: 2,833 US
servicemen and women killed, 21,077 wounded; estimated 655,000 Iraqi civilian
deaths
Outcome: Tried and found guilty
Conclusion: You get what you pay for
