I never thought I would say this. Maybe we attacked the wrong country. If we pull out of Iraq the Iranians will take over and will become a formidable foe. Something Saddam was not capable of doing. Iran is rubbing in our nose Nuclear capabilities and we turn our backs. Mr President, you have the duty to go nose to nose with this country.
Welcome aboard! Unfortunately, we have to fix the disaster we made in Iraq before we can start another one in Iran.
It's not that we attacked the wrong country, it's that we stopped attacking countries after Iraq.
Take out the biggest army (Iraq) then use the country as a staging area to take out its neighbors.
We stopped at the halfway point.
Short memory, eh?
First, Saddam signed a piece of paper in 1991 that said, and I quote, "I am your bitch." At that point, Iraq had lost its sovereignty if it failed to live up to bitch conditions.
But the whole world was being bribed by Saddam, so they didn't want to deal with him when he didn't live up to them.
We didn't go into Iran because they hadn't signed that piece of paper.
We're doing Iran the way the UN and the "international community" wanted to deal with Iraq. And you see how that's worked out.
If you thought Iraq was difficult, just imagine what it would have been like going into Iran in 2003, with no bitch document.
I think part of the strategy in Iraq was to pressure Iran and support the pro-democracy forces there. Iraq is an excellent base from which to operate against Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, etc. Ultimately all of the islamofascists and the tyrants that sponsor them will have to be taken out. Our problem has been that we lost the political will to stop Iran and Syria from sending their minions over the border to attack us.
We didn't. Bush knew/knows that both Iraq and Iran needed taking care of.
Of the two, Iraq was easier, and also an easier sell. By taking Iraq (and Afghanistan), we put ourselves in an enormously advantageous position with respect to Iran. Moreover, it puts us between Syria and Iran.
Iran is rubbing in our nose Nuclear capabilities and we turn our backs.
We're not "turning our backs." Part of the strategy has to be that the EU finally gets onboard with taking care of Iran. This sort of thing takes a long time, as it's necessary to force the issue "just enough" without getting in too quickly. I think Iran will probably try to move faster now that the election is over, and their "friends" are in control of Congress. That's actually probably to our advantage.
I was aginst attacking Iraq, and hesitant at the beginning. If we had attacked Iran instead, I'm sure it would have been even more difficult.