Posted on 12/19/2016 7:50:37 AM PST by AC Beach Patrol
Obama to W: “If you want your victory in Iraq, you can keep your victory in Iraq.”
Things could have turned out a lot better in Iraq and the Middle East in general if Obama hadn’t prematurely withdrawn from Iraq.
Sadly, the blame falls indirectly on Bush (and more directly on the Democrats). Since he didn’t achieve enough support for his results to ensure that his successor was someone who maintains them, his Iraq success soon became worthless. If Americans had elected someone squishy after WWII, without the resolve to keep the peace in Japan and Germany, WWII may well have turned to dust as well.
The 2003 war destroyed Iraq’s Christian minority.
It was not a tragedy. It was a murderous outrage.
And, yes, he did.
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But it was not just the CIA that thought Iraq had WMDs. Intelligence agencies around the world thought he had them
Just Google "April Glaspie".
Thanks I’ll check it out.
Hussein was “par for the course” in the Arab world.
Probably written by a friend of Hillary to bolster her narratives around more intervention. Oops!
Wonder how the ratings for the tv show “Madame Secretary” are going this month?
Sadly, the blame falls indirectly on Bush (and more directly on the Democrats).
The Democrats absolutely demanded failure in Iraq. If there were no failure in Iraq, then their concocted image of Dubya Bush would be shown to be wrong. The failure in Iraq lies directly on the Democrats.
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