“All were Republicans who supported the war in 2002, 2003 and beyond.”
There is the problem
People need to learn to oppose wars before they happen, rather than afterwards when the outcome is not what they expected. FR was overwhelmingly supportive of the war when it was happening.
At the time I gave Bush the benefit of the doubt, but even so, I was leery about how the Iranians would benefit from it.
I was fooled into being totally for it. But before Saddam was hung and the insurrection had begun, I expressed that we should put him back in power to keep Iran out. Our war in Iraq was a giant victory for Iran.
Now looking back, Bush I gave us Gulf 1, which gave us 911, which gave us Gulf 2, Afghanistan, Arab Spring, expanding NATO, Deep State, etc., ad nauseum, and now Ukraine, which brings us to thermonuclear wsr.