Trump has said it. Saddam was a horrible dictator but we had stability. There was a balance of power with Iran.
Now we have total chaos.
Trump is inoculating himself for the general election from George W’s failures. We’ve lost the last two elections because of W. Let’s not lose a third.
If Biden ends up being the nominee, it’s the one and only foreign policy statement he’s ever been right on. Hillary obviously voted for the war so there is that.
I think anyone who argues that we should have done the Iraq war, given the situation today, is simply in denial. The various people of this region of the world don’t desire the west’s iteration of a “better life.” These “countries” need the magic elixir of strong armed dictators, the always entertaining “clerics” with their whimsical “fatwas” on life’s minutiae, and they need it all wrapped together in the message of love and understanding from the magic carpet rider.
We don’t need their oil, so let’s leave the region entirely and allow these clowns to keep each other busy.
I believe what you stated is exactly what this is all about, even after reading thread after thread and all the same old tired arguments for and against. It was a strategic move, and sinks Jeb further, imho.