A lot of back and forth here on this, but in my view, yes it was a mistake, but the more important question is why did we make that mistake. I think it’s the false assumption that it’s possible for us to have “friendly” relations with Arab-Muslims in that region. It’s not ever going to happen. They will either fight us honorably like ISIS, or they will make us think that they are our friends, and then stab us in the back, like Saudi Arabia. The sooner we understand that, the sooner we will be able to formulate a rational foreign policy.
The war on Iraq was to preserve the petrodollar. Our first war aim was to cancel the oil contracts that Saddam had settled in Euros.
Russia has been working to end the petrodollar system, which is why Hillary and her Saudi Arabian bosses have been trying to start a new war with them.