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
I agree that Pakistan and America aren't friends -- but we are technically allies at present. Who said allies have to like each other? All that's needed is agreement on a goal. Short-term, long-term, I'll slit your throat after you help me get what I want. :)
And since you understand the nature of the 'alliance' with Pakistan, then you should understand why they acted in their best interests in arresting the 'traitor' Sentiment among the locals over the assassination required the government do something, they are on shaky footing as it is and revolution is only one poorly handled situation away.
I think we should just take their nukes so the Taliban can't get them and leave. :)
There is a very real problem with trying to disarm a nuclear power. In practical terms it is simply not possible, it is not something you can do with 'surgical' covert operations. The only way of taking their nukes would be wholesale invasion of Pakistan, and that is not a path anyone is going to go down. Look at the difficulties with Afghanistan, can you imagine what it would take to occupy a Himalayan fortress with 180 million people? And any attempt at destroying their nuclear capability by air strikes would only ensure the delivery of several warheads into the hands of those we least want them in.
Treason is defined in our Constitution. Your example isn't even close.
Conspiring to kill a former enemy simply isn't treason.
What you mean is it wasn't an accident.
http://www.worldthreats.com/?...
4400 Americans dead . Over 100,000 Iraqis dead. Iraq's oil is headed for Iran and Russia.
We paid all that blood and treasure to go look for WMDs and Nukes the Bush Administration KNEW did not exist. And while Saddam was definitely a bloodthirsty dictator, taking him out turned Iraq over to Shiite Muslims who are in tight with the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, tightening the terrorist noose around Israel. The whole thing was a monstrous "Bush", which translates to "Miserable Failure".