I'm not sure if "mistake" is the right word. I think G.W. decided to go right in fully intending to get Saddam for threats he had made against George H. W. Bush in the Desert Storm war. It was also a mistake because I believe we knew they didn't have "weapons of mass destruction" and used it as an excuse. Lying to the United Nations blew any credibility we still had.
And now, after ten years and thousands of American deaths and casualties as well as tens of thousands of Iraqi deaths, and a bill that would choke a horse, what have we got to show for it. Iraq is still a turbulent and divided country. They are fighting among themselves and there is civil disorder everywhere. Can we really say we helped these people? They were better off with Saddam even if he was an iron fist. At least he kept order even if it was only from fear.
Was the Iraqi invasion a mistake?
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Bush started two wars to go after Osama Bin Laden. Obama got him with two helicopters filled with soldiers.
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Pat 2012/06/11 22:00:46
2nd we went to war with Iraq for NUMEROUS reasons.
1. We had signed a cease fire agreement. On paper we were still technically at war with Iraq. Just like North Korea and South Korea are technically at war now.
2. Saddam on an almost DAILY basis violated the no fly zone. Those are offensive military actions. Those ALONE would start wars in other times and places.
3. Saddam WAS sponsering Hamas. He may not be related to Al-Queda. But he OPENLY supported Hamas a well known terrorist orginization. This is a war on terror. Not just one specific terrorist group.
4. He had the potential to make WMDs and had used them in the past. All he needed was the Uranium. And he had well over a year to get rid of them by the time we invaded. And if he didn't have them Well its called nipping it in the bud.
5. Iraq was a problem waiting to happen. Down the road we would have had to take them ...
2nd we went to war with Iraq for NUMEROUS reasons.
1. We had signed a cease fire agreement. On paper we were still technically at war with Iraq. Just like North Korea and South Korea are technically at war now.
2. Saddam on an almost DAILY basis violated the no fly zone. Those are offensive military actions. Those ALONE would start wars in other times and places.
3. Saddam WAS sponsering Hamas. He may not be related to Al-Queda. But he OPENLY supported Hamas a well known terrorist orginization. This is a war on terror. Not just one specific terrorist group.
4. He had the potential to make WMDs and had used them in the past. All he needed was the Uranium. And he had well over a year to get rid of them by the time we invaded. And if he didn't have them Well its called nipping it in the bud.
5. Iraq was a problem waiting to happen. Down the road we would have had to take them out at some point. Just like at some point we will have to take out Iran and North Korea. Can you imagine what would have happened if Saddam's sons Uday and Quesay took over once Saddam left power? Again nipping it in the bud.
6. Saddam's Human rights record. We went into Bosnia/Kosovo for less.
3rd The anti-american left did everything they could to frame this war as Bush's Vietnam. Simply because of blind partisan hatred. They could never look at the situation objectively. Only through the prism of their hated of Bush and the US military. France and Germany didn't want to go because they were getting FREE OIL from Saddam and had muslim populations to satisfy. If we didn't have such a partisan media the reasons for the war wouldn't be in question.
Bush and Cheney raped us and the constitutuion for their wallets.
Truth is your anointed one is just as culpable as the two you point a finger at!
Now instead of hurling crap around about people you don't actually know why not wander off and spit polish a nice metal knob?
... that might need gas prices to be $10 per gallon before jumping into the market.
Imagine how much better and more productive the lives of war veterans might be if they did not have lifelong injuries to cope with such as lost limbs, lost sight, lost hearing, physically injured brains, etc. As well as the medical costs that go along with that for the rest of their life.
Imagine that we had an industrial policy that backed small and medium size businesses instead of building up the monolithic forces of multinational corporations, multinational financial firms, and the military industrial complex.
The course we have set for this country is both long in coming and disastrous.
http://www.alternet.org/modul...
In all likelihood, you cannot even imagine how good it would be or could be to do the opposite of what we have been doing.
As far as Bin Laden goes, I'm not convinced his death happened as stated. I think he died years ago, and Obama chose to break the news to the nation in a way that didn't disgrace the former administration (and made him look good).
We were there because the Iraqi military killed thousands of innocent people invading Kuwait and gassed innocent women in children in Iran. That's when the "invasion" occurred. We were occupying most of Iraq a decade before Dubya took office. We had had numerous military skirmishes with them. Clinton had "invaded" Iraq several times.
Bet you didn't know all that did ya?
So, again, how can someone "invade" a country it's occupied for a decade?
All Bush did was put an end to the menace that was creating all the problems. His only mistake was not getting out quicker.
We didn't go into Iraq because of thousands of people were gassed. We could care less. The bill of goods they sold the country was about Iraq having WMD's which was an out-n-out lie.
Bush and Cheney we all new were only out for themselves and not very bright. It was the traitor Colin Powell who sold the country out when he lied.