Yep. The lives of Americans and the money spent was the worst. The fact that we didn’t go into Iraq and leave 6 months later with a destroyed Iraq is a shame. The way it went makes me embarrassed that I supported Iraq. The marketing of the Iraq war was crazy and we all ate it up. But what is done is done. Jeb sucks......he is an embarrassment.
I have to admit, it felt really good when W got on TV and launched the attack on Iraq, like maybe finally the USA we grew up in was back. But it felt a lot worse when we saw things falling apart, that there was no plan to win the peace, and that it was looking pretty likely that aside from kicking Saddam out of his fancy houses, not much would be gained.
To abuse the sports analogy, when a team comes out and plays a terrific first half but then fails to continue in the second half and ends up losing the game, nobody remembers it as anything other than a defeat.