There is no doubt about that. Am I wrong or didn’t the Iraqi president Maliki (sp) ask us to leave? Seems I remember that. We would have either way. What a senseless waste of lives. This is Vietnam all over again. Abandon those we promised to help.
It was not a senseless waste of lives.
The Gulf States are thriving after the removal of the threat and actual invasion of Saddam.
The capture of Baghdad was an extension of the freeing of Kuwait after a hiatus of 10 years or so.