I didn’t not support the invasion, out of respect for our soldiers, but I also wasn’t cheerleading it. It all seemed very rushed to me. My thoughts were, none of the 9/11 guys were Iraqi, in the years since Desert Storm, there really hadn’t been much talk at all regarding Iraq being involved with Islamic terror, and also since that war, crippling sanctions had kept Saddam isolated and contained, which was a strategy I felt had been working. Afghanistan was a no-brainer, the Taliban was actively and passively giving aid and comfort to AQ.
I try not to be so cynical as to think that we were just pushed into war so that the Establishment of both the left and right could make money off the conflict, but sometimes I do have to wonder about Eisenhower’s warning. Can’t help it, it seems so eerily on point over the last 20 years.
But yeah, the whole Iraq debacle in retrospect doesn’t seem to have been the best way to spend 2 trillion dollars. Or rather, add an additional 2 trillion to the national debt.
God bless our soldiers for stepping up to put their lives on the line for our freedom and safety. I wish the political class valued their sacrifice even half as much as the average conservative.
Ditto...thank God for them. I feel so awful that our youth has been so mired in wars our leaders will not let them do what they're trained to do and win.
Something happened between Bush, Cheney, and Collin Powell during this whole Iraq thing!!! If you all remember it was Collin Powell who stood on front of congress with the films of the trucks moving all around with supposed WMD’s !!!! I would LOVE to know what happened there Powell completely changed after this Iraq deal!!!!