“Nonsense” was taking out Saddam - Iran’s no one for and the guy who kept Islamists under his boot
The Iraq war wasn’t just a disaster for the middle east, as trump says, it was also a disaster at home - by paving the way for Obama election, riding in on bush’s unpopularity
Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the west has tried to use western logic on Arab tribal issues. It worked predictably.
We should have chosen our target more carefully back then, and said to hell with the UN and the continuing delays they caused. The WMD did indeed exist, but were moved to the Bekaa Valley while our satellites watched.
We should have taken out Iran, but the Saudis were more concerned with Saddam after watching him take Kuwait.
Iran has always been the key. Now they have infiltrated the White House and taken over our policy making, all for the caliphate.