I remember the night before the invasion of Iraq in 2003 so clearly: as all the forces were huddled at the border in Kuwait waiting to advance, I couldn’t stop thinking about the people on both sides who were about to die because George W. Bush had something to prove.
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Recall Kerry’s “seared” Viet Nam brain. Both him and this guy full of of the same Communist Shinola!
When we went into Iraq, the whole world was with us because Iraq had WMDs. Sure, by the time we got everyone’s approval and dotted all the i’s and crossed all the Ts, the WMDs were in Syria where the Israelis had to go and destroy them by air, but that’s another story...
I agree that this is liberal bullshit. About 3:00 AM on the morning of March 20th, 2003, my son was among the first American troops to go into Iraq to mark the way for the tanks, other armored vehicles, and truck convoys (he was also a driver, a boat driver, a bridge builder and M249 sharpshooter with confirmed kills). His job was to follow orders, which were to take out Saddam and his dangerous regime and to liberate the people.
Mission accomplished. Whether the Iraqis are able to bring about a reasonably free country is now up to them. We, like a doctor, gave them birth.
Re Grenada, we took out a Soviet/Cuban advance arms island depot which was meant to arm communist guerrilla forces throughout the Caribbean and Latin America. Captured documents showed this beyond any doubt.
Panama: got rid of a drug czar and that country seems to be doing well, and are still independent.
Vietnam: Tried to stop Communist Bloc aggression in three countries (don’t forget Cambodia and Laos, as well as pieces of Thailand). I was there. End of story.
Re the Chilean soldiers. Kudos to them for their guts. A few other Latin American countries sent soldiers and other personnel to help in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nothing new in this guy’s story.
The Chilean military remembers the secret militias that Allende was building up with Cuban/DGI personnel and arms.
Obvious this guy didn’t read the newspapers back then.