[J Edgar]

As Dr. Savage has pointed out, it is a huge strategic blunder. Prior to invasion, Sunni Iraq countered Shiite Iran. Now the Shiites have an opportunity to reestablish the Persian Empire comprised of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran.

That should be sweet!

[Flag_This]

"Prior to invasion, Sunni Iraq countered Shiite Iran."

I have the same problem with Bush's policy, but to be fair, the treasonous democrats made it politically impossible to take any sort of aggressive actions against iran. In fact, I bet if he had taken any sort of military action, the bastards would have moved to cut military appropriations.

[MinorityRepublican]

Perhaps. But the West couldn’t really deal with Saddam and his sons any longer. Haven’t you thought about what things would be like if Iraq was still under Saddam circa 2010? By now, he would had restarted his weapons program. Even if Obama wasn’t our President, it was inevitable that we’ll have another President just like Jimmy Carter and Saddam would had taken advantage of his indecisive leadership.

[Zanton]

"As Dr. Savage has pointed out, it is a huge strategic blunder. Prior to invasion, Sunni Iraq countered Shiite Iran. Now the Shiites have an opportunity to reestablish the Persian Empire comprised of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran.

That should be sweet!"

Strategic blunder is right! Why empower the somewhat inferior and less freedom-loving Shi'ites?

But the MAIN strategic blunder is, after victory, why not set up a fairly libertarian state, like Germany and Japan, after WWII? These guys are still our hard-core friends after 65 years!

[woofie]

Dr Savage? ....what a joke