[Colonel Kangaroo]

"We fight them [Islamofacists] over there so we don't have to fight them over here" sounds like a winning strategy to me.

A better strategy would have been to leave Saddam Hussein in place so he could fight the Iranians, keeping a lot of that burden off us.

A better strategy would have been to finish the job in Afghanistan before starting something else.

The Iraq war was a colossal blunder. President Bush meant well, but it was not well thought out. Realism and a sober assessment of the region was lacking.

[cva66snipe]

A better strategy would have been to leave Saddam Hussein in place so he could fight the Iranians, keeping a lot of that burden off us.

That would have worked and did work for years. I'm for it and I'm serious. If they want to go at it then let them. Keeps them busy. Too accomplish this though would requiring the closing down of the U.S. State Department that considers itself the only expert on all military matters :>}

[Bokababe]

A better strategy would have been to leave Saddam Hussein in place so he could fight the Iranians, keeping a lot of that burden off us. A better strategy would have been to finish the job in Afghanistan before starting something else. The Iraq war was a colossal blunder. President Bush meant well, but it was not well thought out. Realism and a sober assessment of the region was lacking.

Precisely! Afghanistan and bin Laden were Jobs 1 & 2, and no distractions were worth it.