Well no one is ever happy with war, you are correct in that. However, the US attacking Iraq has done nothing to make us safer, and instead has stirred up much anger against us in that part of the world.
True, Iraq had been firing on US warplanes over its territory that were patroling the “no fly zone”, but all we were doing there was enforcing UN resolutions for the most part.
Interferring with the internal politics of other countries will always make enemies with some group. That is one of the primary reasons behind 911. They may be religious nut jobs, but having US troops stationed in what they consider “holy land” certainly ticks off a bunch of people. Unless we figure out the root causes of what we are fighting, we are doomed to failure.
These are the words of enemy propaganda.
What would you have done instead?
They may be religious nut jobs, but having US troops stationed in what they consider “holy land” certainly ticks off a bunch of people. Unless we figure out the root causes of what we are fighting, we are doomed to failure.
You answered your own point in your first 6 words of this quote. Let's see, who's Presidency was it during which Iran captured American hostages? And since they'd already acquired control of their own Iranian government, one would think they'd (if rational) see no need to attack America just because we'd been supporting a regime they'd overthrown. After all, they'd already won. That is, unless they have some other motive. Hmmmmm. Wonder what that could be.