text: what financial benefits have u.s. citizens recieved from the war in iraq? we have lost billions and billions of taxpayer dollars because of this war. what direct, concrete financial benefits have u.s. citizens seen from this war? the benefist from the war will not be an instantaneous thing.  get some patience.  20 years from now, when iraq is a financial power and trading with the us, we will see the money.  the people have no patience.