To: Alberta's Child
I think the idea was to take on the radical Islamists by "draining the swamps" - Iraq was (or should have been) low-hanging fruit.
Turkey hurt us by not allowing us the northern arm of the pincer, and there was plenty of blame to be put on W's (mis)handling of the follow-on effort.
But the rationale was sound - the execution sucked.
BTW - love your Slim Picken's tagline, I read it and can still hear his sweet drawl....
9 posted on
08/12/2014 4:35:26 AM PDT by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: Psalm 73
To Alberta's Child.......”Iraq is a disaster today because Saddam Hussein was far more effective at quelling civil unrest and radical Islamic extremism than anyone in Washington.”...........
It sounds like you would prefer the U.S. follow in Saddam’s footsteps and use his tactics to quell the unrest. "Kill them all"........
10 posted on
08/12/2014 4:45:22 AM PDT by
DaveA37
To: Psalm 73
If Iraq was "low-hanging fruit" in terms of radical Islamists, then that means there wasn't much of a threat from radical Islamists in Iraq in the first place. Heck -- before 2003 Iraq was one of the few Islamic countries in the Middle East that even had Christians serving in the highest levels of its government.
11 posted on
08/12/2014 4:47:21 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
To: Psalm 73
LOL. That movie is filled with classic quotes, ain’t it?
13 posted on
08/12/2014 4:49:59 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("What in the wide, wide world of sports is goin' on here?")
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