Same thoughts here. Have always wondered if Bush's Iraq invasion was more of a vendetta agains Saddam's assassination attempt agains GHWB.
Good bad, or ugly Saddam and his counter to Iran kept stability in the region. As I even said here in 2003, (sometimes unpopularly), we had no reason to invade Iraq, and it was a unnecessary diversion on the WOT. ISIS, and all other kinds of anarchy over there can be tied to this via dominoes.
W, your slam on a good conservative like Cruz, is truly showing how despicable you really are. You are nothing but a turncoat. Hopefully Jeb's utter failure in 2015-2016, will show the Bushes that they have no base left.
“Have always wondered if Bush’s Iraq invasion was more of a vendetta agains Saddam’s assassination attempt agains GHWB.”
Another Iraq invasion myth. The biggest of course being that we went in because of WMDs. All anyone has to do is read GWB’s statement on the eve of the invasion to see it was Saddam’s ignoring UN inspections and sanctions that precipitated the Coalition’s invasion.
The same rationale today would have had us invading Iran last year for violating UN sanctions and inspections. There would be the usual cries about “blood and treasure” but the world would be safer without Iranian nukes.