By his decision to get us into Iraq, Bush risked the Republican majority. We subsequently lost the House and Senate in ‘06, and the White House in ‘08. We are now saddled with a mountain of debt and Obamacare. The upcoming election looks like a toss-up right now. This country may fall into real economic decline, the suspension of civil liberties, communism, and even the possibility of secession. With a weakened U.S., Iran will be emboldened. Rumsfeld fired the economist who refused to testify to Congress that the War in Iraq would be cheap and pay for itself. If nothing else, Rumsfeld owes the nation an apology for being so very wrong about that war. Bush and Obama both owe the nation apologies for “mission creep” in Afghanistan, a place that we could never have done anything about (other than kill the bastards, which we did, thank you, within a few months of their attack on us.) But, really what will an apology mean if we lose this fall’s election.
“By his decision to get us into Iraq, Bush risked the Republican majority.”
Leaders don’t send troops to war based on whether it is politically expedient. The Intel Bush got made it imperative that we go to Iraq.
His error was not in going to Iraq, but in not getting the hell out after the WMD was not found.