Posted on 02/15/2016 12:28:07 AM PST by Enlightened1
Thanks, man.
This is a very troubling thing to think about.
Wow. Talk about a non-issue. Even if Iraq was a mistake, it is pointless to discuss it at this point. We cannot change it. I am more concerned about today and current issues, to be honest. The whole election is not riding on something that happened 14 years ago. The national debt, illegals, abortion, welfare, etc. These are the important things. Iraq is just a Red Herring now.
“I really don’t trust my government at all or anyone in it.”
You and me both, brother.
The relevance of the picture is what exactly?
Totally agree. The strategy of setting up a terrorist roach motel ( they check in but don’t check out )on paper was sound. We went in way too light for the subsequent mission, did not take out al sadr and his moon god worshipers, and allowed Iran to fight a proxy war with no consequences. The actions of the democrats and liberals when things did not go as planned was treasonous. W made a decision based on the information he had, and did not waver in support of the mission and was willing to change strategy.
I think I found a photo of GPH. “Neocons, Zionists” whatever...
The thing is, unless we intend to WIPE OUT our enemy, and I mean gone form the face of this earth every last one of them in such a way that no one forgets for decades to come, then don’t bother.
America no longer seems to know the purpose of war, or how to conduct a war, or how to win a war, or how to behave during a war or anything else related to war.
We have the most powerful military in the world, and it’s run by a bunch of imbeciles that think it’s their own personal social petri dish.
This country is importing muslims as fast as it can right now.
first trump praises planned parenthood now he echoes code pink...
There is actually one thing that I do trust about my government.
It lies all day, every day, all year long about every, single thing.
it is utterly incapable of telling a single truth about any subject whatsoever.
The lesson for Iraq was foretold by Douglas MacArthur.
“Never get involved in a land war in Asia.”
Next week, La Raza or the Black Panthers?
Here was Trump talking about it. This is an interesting interview.
I don’t agree with Trump that the Iraq war was necessarily a mistake. In hind sight, based on the way it was handled by Bush and even more importantly, Obama, it was a mistake. But I think a case could be made that invading Iraq addressed some legitimate interests with regards to our national security.
I happen to be one of those who believe that ultimately we are in a war of civilizations with the Islamic world, and at some point that war will have to be fought. There may be more than one way to fight that war, but I think a legitimate case can be made that Iraq was a legitimate front in that war, but only if the war was executed with the right objectives.
Winning the war and allowing Iraq to establish an Islamic based government that continued to deny Christians equal rights was a mistake. The only nation building that’s worth a damn is building a nation where radical Islamists are not tolerated. If we had cleaned house, demanded equal rights for Christians, and humiliated and crushed the radical Imams and their followers, then perhaps we could have established a valuable ally in the middle of the Islamic hornets nest called the middle east.
What’s that have to do with anything? I am referring to Trump’s ludicrous assertion that admitting Iraq was a failure is the defining issue for this election. It’s really not.
I agree and I think most Americans think the same way.
If the Republican Voters dont admit that Trump is a Con-Artist and a Grifter...
We will loose this election.
That would be because we should not have been there to begin with.
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