This was a disaster from the beginning. Saddam kept the two factions from killing each other. Yes, he oppressed the Shia, but when Maliki came into power he oppressed the Sunnis.
No more American lives lost to intervene in a Muslim vs Muslim war. Let them kill each other. If we could get the non-Muslims out of there, it would be the best thing we could do.
The threat to the US is not the fight going on there, it is the thousands of Muslims streaming into our country. Islam is incompatible with civilization and should be banned. Deport Muslims, bring US troops home and put them on our borders. Institute a “pet the pig” requirement before boarding a plane.
I understand that conservatives are loath to think of all our good people who died for nothing in that hell-hole, but sacrificing more Americans won’t bring the others back.
The election in Iraq solved nothing. It was the classic case of 2 wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
I never understood why conservatives were in favor of invading Iraq in the first place. Once Saddam was removed, chaos was inevitable. The only winner has been Iran.
if I were into conspiracy theories, I would suspect the NWO types wanted to reignite the Sunni Shiite wars, destroy the oil there, bring on world wide economic collapse etc to facilitate a one world government.
the best case scenario is a reborn Persian empire. Yes, the mullahs are nuts, but they also are corrupt and love money, and know attacking Israel would mean their cities would glow in the dark. So the real danger is ISIL.