[Pining_4_TX]

It would not have been PC, but I would have bombed the crap out of those mountains where Bin Laden and his pals were hiding and never invaded any of those countries. I also would have banned any more Muslims coming into the US. If I were Empress for a few months, I would ban Islam in the US and deport all Muslims... yeah, I know that can’t happen.

I also would have removed all US troops from Saudi Arabia and any other Muslim country where we had a presence. No US troops should ever fight for any Muslim country. Let the various sects fight each other to the last man standing.

Iraq had nothing to do with 911, and there were never any weapons of mass destruction there. This was all hyped to get the American people to support war. Congress shirked its constitutional duty to declare war and gave the president carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. Thus, we end up with the impossible situation we are in now.

[PeterPrinciple]

Thus, we end up with the impossible situation we are in now.

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Sometimes things are a shitty situation. Hindsight is better than foresight by a damn site.

I can think of some “impossible situations” we could be in from your ideas.

[Svartalfiar]

Iraq had nothing to do with 911, and there were never any weapons of mass destruction there. This was all hyped to get the American people to support war. Congress shirked its constitutional duty to declare war and gave the president carte blanche to do whatever he wanted. Thus, we end up with the impossible situation we are in now.

Huh? There were plenty of WMDs in Iraq. Stocks of yellowcake, tons of chemical munitions. What isn't too sure is whether or not Saddam had any active programs going. Of course, even if he didn't, he easily could have started em back up.

A bigger question I think, that goes more to the future, is should we have even removed him? Muslims can't just survive nicely - there's always conflict, and they need a strong brutal leader to form a functioning society. Otherwise they break back down into tribal units at best. Would the ME / the world have been better off if we just left Saddam in there as the dictator?