Back when George Bush started the regime change ball rolling, by destabilizing Iraq, everybody on Freerepublic was cheering. Obama was merely following up on the Bush game plan when he destabilized Iraq. And Hillary promised to make it a threefer by taking out Assad in Syria. At least Freepers learned their lesson and, for the most part, are no longer regime-change boosters. There are few Freepers today who will claim George Bush was a great president - unlike the old days on this site
I meant to say that destabilizing Lybia was just a follow on from bush’s “liberation” of Iraq. McCain wants us to follow up by “liberating” the Syrians - right into the arms of Al Quada
Part of Bush’s reasons for taking out Saddam was to knock out one of the three Nuclear Tripod legs of Iraq, Iran and Syria (all of which had active nuclear weapons programs underway or planned, Syria being the Johnny Come Lately to that triumvirate).
Not adequately planning for a realistic post-war Iraq is a valid criticism.