Iraq was an absolute catastrophe. And I say that as someone who completely supported W’s effort. I was wrong. The “liberation” of Iraq was not worth one precious drop of American blood. All we accomplished was setting up a Shiite ally for Iran and the near extinction f one if the world’s oldest Christian Churches. Bravo.
You are completely wrong. If you thought we were leading a new Crusade to make the Middle east Christian you were sadly mistaken. Just like we had to use the army we had, which had no experience in fighting a modern war but by the end, had mastered it; we had to remake Iraq with the people who were there. Of course, if Iran is allowed to stand with nuclear weapons then there will be no victory, no peace, and that will be a real catastrophe.