the last war we fought to the finish was WW 2
this is in no way WW 2. we haven't fought a war to win since then.
I do believe that there was WMDs in Iraq...and they left across the border to Syria....and all of this was irrelevant to Osama Bin Laden who was in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Bush gave up on.....
we should have been bombing Afghanistan and Pakistan and also the two nations that allowed Al Qaeda to run their training camps there....Egypt and Saudi Arabia. but those were Bush family buddies and GW had to finish his daddy's unfinished war....
There was not one Iraqi hijacker on 911. But there sure were plenty of others including Sauds. A smart political move on the part of the GOP two house majority and GW Bush would have been to immediately open Alaska's oil fields up and build additional pipelines and REFINEREIES. Another immediate policy should have been placing our defense supplies back to Made in USA. We now lack the capacity to even smelt our own lead.
Saddam was an issue but a good week long airstrikes on key infrastructure putting Iraqs infrastructure back a hundred years and a price on his head would have resolved it. Iraq and Yemen in smoldering ruins would have sent a clear message to Iran and other nations.
Osama Bin Laden was why we needed a top notch Intelligence & infiltration program ran solely by the military in the Middle East trained to take out targets of opportunity when they start becoming serious threats but before they cause trouble. We can thank Gerald Ford for stopping that.