You express my thoughts exactly.
I do think Bush had no other choice in 2003. When every single intel source in the planet, including your own general who visited the Egyptians, Israelis, and Jordanians, ALL say there are WMDs there, just 2 years after 9/11 I don’t think Bush could have let it go.
As for a cyber attack, we would try this with Suxnet later and it came back to bite our own systems.
BUT, I think in this case Trump was right to be restrained, both on humanitarian grounds and on political grounds. Iran is a VERY tough nut to crack militarily. It’s nuke facilities are spread out everywhere, and it’s not the easiest country to invade. A better option might be to pull out of the Gulf altogether in terms of our Navy, especially since we are now energy sufficient. Let the Japanese pay for this.
“When every single intel source in the planet, including your own general who visited the Egyptians, Israelis, and Jordanians, ALL say there are WMDs “
Sorry, but the UN inspector — on the ground in Iraq — pleaded for Bush not to launch a war, because they weren’t finding any WMDs. That’s a fact, go google it.
And after the invasion, when US didn’t find any WMDs, Bush and Cheney both publicly said so. so the UN guy turned out to be right.
A short article showing Saddam did have weapons, as admitted by the NYT’s finally, and that we had no other choice but to take that Genocidal, homicidal mad man out- He was definitely trying to get nuclear weapons as well-
“I do think Bush had no other choice in 2003.”
Yes, he did! Sadam Hussein wan’t the genesis of 911, the Saudis were. But the Booshes had their collective noses up the Saudi Royal Famiy’s a$$es because of their oil interests and possibly because Daddy Boosh didn’t finish the job when he went into Kuwait. Then, to add insult to injury that motherf*cker “W” let the conflict drag on for the entirety of his 8 years as President. Only Obola has managed to pi$$ away more of America’s treasure than “W” Boosh, and “W” Boosh holds the record between the two of them for the most young Americans needlessly killed to keep things cool with Saudi Arabia. Count me as a newly-minted “Never Boosher,” who bought into his bull$hit when he was President. While we’re fixin’ to string up Comey, Brennan, Clapper, et al, we should include W!