Why is this guy still alive?
There are some good FR threads from that period if you have time to look back.
Basically it was damned if you do damned if you don’t. We didn’t have any good options.
Critical minded FReepers who agreed with W to go in but noticed steady missteps in execution were commonly saying that we were handing Iran a huge swath of influence in Iraq. Was hard to get too much a word in edgewise though...
Trump’s approach is must more refreshing as a citizen, honest with our allies and at the end of the day much more sustainable resource wise.