Putin called it correctly in 2003 as did DJT. The biggest failure of our policy, after commitment of course, was the illegal deposing of Trump. Given another six months, Trump would have brought peace with honor to Afghanistan as well as Iraq. Insurrectionist coups have consequences.
In the old days I would have responded with a rebuttal to this “article” but now that I know Bush was a filthy scumbag globalist who NEVER defended his base of supporters (you know, conservatives) Bush and his warmongering neocons (Dick Cheney) can go to hell.
Bush relished stabbing conservatives in the back. Never said a single word about Obama’s destructive policies (I owe him my silence) but couldn’t wait to lambast and attack Trump.
Now Bush (The Chimp) can rot with his legacy torn to pieces and NO ONE to defend him.
IBTAN
Yes, and no.
George W. Bush did fly war planes in the Texas Air National Guard.
Obviously, no combat experience, but there are a lot of fatal military aircraft accidents every year that do not involve combat.
The US nation building has been a total failure. There are many reasons, but an obvious one is how we pushed abhorrent behaviors on people who did not want or accept our ways. Woke and gay was pushed in the middle east and Afghanistan.
I will never forget that that giant mural of George Floyd painted on a building is Afghanistan. We weren’t even out of the airport before the Taliban had people with paint buckets and brushes out there painting over that mural.
Maybe we taught girls to read, but what kind of brainwashing crap did we provide them to read?
Then we up and left them so we could pursue the NWO adventure to get rid of Russia and left them to be brutalized by the Taliban, We left the Taliban with loads of weapons of war too.
The Bushie adventure of “Nation Building” in Iraq opened the door to electing an anti-Semitic race grifter, named Barack Obama, in 2008.
The US did not fail in Iraq.
Saddam is gone and the country is now ruled by the people and their internal centauries old squabbles.
“...there are a lot of fatal military aircraft accidents every year that do not involve combat...”
I recall an Osprey on a training mission that crashed and killed 21 Marines!
Just as US failure in Vietnam opened the door for 9/11 and the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.
Both failures were political, not military.