But wasting American lives and money trying to civilize two collections of Islamic Savages in a long occupation was, and is, stupid and foolish.
ZULU your point is valid and I think MNJohnnie’s post is right on the money and I happen to agree with it, thank you for the post. The invasion of Iraq also was not about oil per se, but I do think oil was part of the equation. If MNJohnnie is correct and I think he is then when do you think we should have left Iraq. If the purpose was to bring them to us and kill them then isn’t true the longer we were there the more of them came and were killed by our boys. Maybe that is one reason why we were spared fron another major attack like 9/11, they were too busy fighting us in Iraq, away from our major cities and population. Like MNJohnnie pointed out, brilliant!
I disagree that American lives were wasted. If anything Bush thought the enemy one thing. We are not weak! And we will strike back if ever we are attacked, one way or another, if not by this President then the next. To me it is a powerful message. Whoever is funding these savages certainly do not want American B2’s possibly carrying nukes over their skies in retaliation for a dirty bomb that went off in one of our cities. That was the mission I think our brave young men and women gave their precious lives for and I for one am ever grateful to them and President Bush for their courage, thank you and GOD BLESS them all!
“If the purpose was to bring them to us and kill them then isn’t true the longer we were there the more of them came and were killed by our boys. Maybe that is one reason why we were spared fron another major attack like 9/11, they were too busy fighting us in Iraq, away from our major cities and population. Like MNJohnnie pointed out, brilliant!”
If that was his strategy, it could have been a good idea.
But if that was the case, why stay so long and commit so many lives and so much money and have the stated and pursued goal of “civilizing” the savages?
I think another strongman - on our side - would have been cheaper and more effective. Its a way of life there - strongmen or maniac theocrats.
Those troops could have been better employed in Syria or Iran - or even on the Rio Grande.