Not all of us. Some of us even warned about the unConstitutional Patriot Act, the creation of Homeland Security and the TSA. We had Sadame in a box, he was going no where. W's war in Iraq was a bad idea. Pulling US Forces after the surge was a horrible idea. Saving the Kurds from ISIS is a very good idea. As usual Ron Paul get's it half right and half horribly wrong.
The problem is we aren’t going to “save” the Kurds either we’re going to do to them what we’ve done before, we’ll stop support to early and leave them in the lurch. Especially with this president in charge.
You were right in saying we pulled out if Iraq too early and that’s my point here. That wasn’t Bush’s idea though as far as I know. Bush said near the end if his presidency that a status of forces agreement was vital for keeping Iraq stable. He left office before the negotiations for it and Obummer screwed that up too.
Again, this is the basic problem with our foreign policy: we aren’t consistent because we elect hawks one time (or two) then doves then hawks again etc. what does this do? It makes us half committed at best to wars we involve ourselves in. It’s been this way since WWII.
This is the problem. We need to decide as a nation once and for all if we are going to listen to Ron Paul and his isolationist ilk or not, and stick with the same policy for decades at least. There is no being “half-right” when it comes to foreign policy.
Sorry. But, is it safe to say most?