Don’t you think that it was more likely that we screwed up the planning and follow-through in Iraq? Taking out Saddam was good and necessary - sort of like it was good and necessary to wipe out nazism. We were in no way prepared for maintaining the mission and control after seizing Baghdad and the handoff to civilian diplomats guaranteed failure.
Netanyahu is absolutely right and if you’re at all honest, you know it.
In your scenario, America would have had to maintain an enormous force for an insane amount of time, perhaps decades. I don’t think that is a good solution to the current problem.
Do you think we should have maintained an enormous presence there or do you have an alternative solution?