“Even I supported the Iraq war, and now see the utter folly of starting it.”
Deposing Saddam was worth doing. Hanging around for years and years was not.
Deposing Saddam was the start of dominoes falling..Iraq then Egypt, then Yemen, then Libya and now Syria.
If one is thinking strategically, North Korea is threatening to send nuclear laden missiles to United States. Saddam never threatened to attack US. Iran calls United States the great Satan. Saddam was not interested in destroying United States. Saddam was keeping the jihadists under control with an iron fist. By your logic, why we do not depose the N. Korean dictator who is directly threatening us?
What was the point in removing Saddam from Kuwait? Saddam was not going to drink Kuwaiti oil. What difference does it make (to borrow Hilliary’s phrase) if we buy oil from Kuwaiti sheikhs or Iraqi dictators?
This mis-adventure in middle-east wars has cost us TRILLIONS with BORROWED money from China, and thousands of young American soldiers killed or maimed. We have wounded veterans committing suicide and receiving bad health care. Only fools indulge in foreign wars with BORROWED money. Especially when totally unnecessary.