I always wondered why Bush went after Iraq instead of Iran which has been the most prominent instigator/aggitator in the region. But I guess in that wasp’s nest of evil dictatatorial regimes that is the middle east, we had to start somewhere in trying to clean it up.
Clearly, however, Obama is an idiot with an incoherent foreign policy doctrine. Incoherent probably is too good of a description, but it is the best thing I can think of to describe his stated intent vs. what he’s doing to get there. Obviously, smearing foreign heads of state with malicious and treasonous leaks of classified infomation doesn’t cause people to sing our praises and throw rose pedals at out feet.
An argument could be made that, at the time, Hussein's Iraq was a more prominent instigator of terrorism than even Iran. And, moreover, their terror network was worldwide while Iran's was not.
Moreover, from a strategic standpoint, Iraq's location is superior to Iran's. Since we are also in Afghanistan, Iran is now surrounded. Moreover, the Iraqi terrain is far more favorable for military operations.
I've got to believe that the occupation of Iraq was merely Phase I in the Bush strategy and that Iran would've been next.
*I always wondered why Bush went after Iraq instead of Iran which has been the most prominent instigator/aggitator in the region.*
You really had to “wonder”??? There was a small matter of violated cease-fire agreements, repeatedly, over a decade and even that took months and months or arguing with half of our idiot populace and Congress to get the f*cking job done. Yeah, I’m sure attacking Iran for “no apparent reason” would have been an easy sell.