I responded to someone who claims that the Iraq war was a mistake. I made the challenge to go back to the reasons at the time -— not taking a position now having the benefit of knowing the history.
I made no comparison of Bush and Reagan. Reagan is my hero. Evoking Reagan to attack my argument was irrelevant. There were valid reasons at the time to go into Iraq. Go back and read the speech. Also go back and read the statements from both sides of the aisle when they first voted to give the authority to use force. People seem to forget all the statements that Hussein was working on a nuke and someday it would be used. Remember that after he got kicked out of Kuwait, he burned the oil fields. In his own conversations with his CIA handler, he talked about pursuing a nuke when the heat was turned down.
It is clear why the Middle East went to hell. A man who grew up as a Muslim and who has always hated America became the president.
You’re right on target there Doug. I agree with you 100%.