[gleeaikin]

My son, who is currently in Special Forces, arrived in Saudi Arabia 7 days after the August 1990 invasion of Kuwait. In Jan. 2003 when it was clear Bush would be attacking in Iraq and Gen. Shinsecki(sp?) was catching heck because he wanted around 350,000 troops and Bush/Rumsfeld were going with 170,000, I called him and asked how many he thought we should be sending. He said based on his experience in Iraq that it should be around 450,000. After a year, Bush’s hand picked Iraq manager said we should have had 500,000. [So now I am urging my son to run for President. ;-)]

The opinion of many was that the war was fought because “He tried to kill my Daddy.”—Bush. And to make lots of money for VP Cheney who, if I recall correctly, had about $23 million in Halliburton stock. At any rate, Bush had to go when he did if he was going to go at all. A spring assault was needed before the punishing heat of summer. Baghdad temperatures of 114 f, and fighting in heavy chemical warfare gear??? If he waited until after that he would only have been able to fight in the last year of his administration. Any obvious “mistake” like loosing, would have heavily affected the next Presidential election. It is only now, with the historical perspective of time, that the bad results of jumping into this war without finishing the one in Afghanistan become clear. Subsequently, my son went to Afghanistan in 2006 and 2013. I have one question for the Bushes father and son. What happened to the CIA maps of Bora Bora when we apparently had Bin Laden trapped there? Were they deliberately lost so that Bin Laden would escape and Bush/Cheney would have an excuse to continue the two wars, running up our debt and killing our brave young soldiers.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The opinion of many was that the war was fought because “He tried to kill my Daddy.”—Bush.

Well, since that is an act of war, it begs the question; "Why didn't the rapist/child molester go after him?"

[ROCKLOBSTER]

The opinion of many was that the war was fought because "He tried to kill my Daddy." -Bush.

Well, since that is an act of war, it begs the question; "Why didn't the rapist/child molester go after him?"

[Political Junkie Too]

The opinion of many was that the war was fought because “He tried to kill my Daddy."-Bush. And to make lots of money for VP Cheney who, if I recall correctly, had about $23 million in Halliburton stock.

And it was the opinion of many more that the war was fought to fight Al Qaeda over there instead of fighting over here. Many believed that Saddam was providing a safe haven for Al Qaeda to train, including mock-ups of airline fuselages. Let Iraq be the magnet where Al Qaeda concentrates to fight us.

I believed that we killed Osama bin Laden in Tora Bora, but I guess he did escape when we granted them a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire.

-PJ