And then Obama continued them and spent trillions more. $700 billion every year as well just for the "defense" budget, so much of it wasted defending other sovereign (and often wealthy) nations, often against non-existent "threats".
How much would we save with a complete withdrawl from Iraq, Afghanistan and Europe, and couldn't that be used to pay down the debt or reimburse taxpayers?
Many of us were all over GWB for exactly what you described. Don’t you remember how many people left this site or were banned back then because they dared to question that idiocy?
Me too. At the time I said we won't know if these Mideast interventions would turn out beneficial for 10 years. 20 years later I am disappointed in W and his administration. There is no hope for democracy in 9th century cultures. Until they find their own Jefferson or Adams, and learn to love their children more than they hate Jews, I'm OUT.
That said. If our true national security is threatened ... turn the entire Mideast s*hole country into sand. Full-on Nagasaki. And let them know in advance.