Brilliant military strategy? Invading Iraq was the dumbest military move since Custer decided to pimp with some Indians. Saddam, bad as he was, was the glue that held that dump together and kept the Sunnis and Shia from fighting. Christians were pretty much left alone. Once he was removed, the ensuing chaos and civil war were completely predictable.
What do we have to show for this decade + war? Are we safer? Is the Middle East more stable? It was a giant screw up from the start, and I’m sick and tired of politicians sending our troops on fools’ errands. Paul Wolfowitz, among others, should be in jail.
You need to remember what the second terrorist action against the US was and who had the largest supply of it in the world and who was training terrorist. It always surprised me how short people’s memories are and how easily propaganda changes people’s view of events even when they live through them.