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How Bush’s Iraq Fiasco ruined US Credibility and Enabled Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine
Informed Comment ^ | 02/25/2022 | JUAN COLE

Posted on 02/25/2022 8:29:45 AM PST by conservative98

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1 posted on 02/25/2022 8:29:45 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Oh please.....


2 posted on 02/25/2022 8:30:23 AM PST by wny ( )
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To: conservative98

Blame anyone but Biden. While you are at it, make sure that “anyone” carries the republican brand (even if everyone knows they are not real conservatives)


3 posted on 02/25/2022 8:31:42 AM PST by Skwor
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To: conservative98

Putin annexed parts of Eastern Europe before and got away with no resistance. Maybe that’s part of the current problem. Who was in charge then? Obama / Biden. Hmmm. Somehow these days in the media it’s like Obama never existed.


4 posted on 02/25/2022 8:31:45 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: conservative98

They are trying to memory-hole Biden’s Afghanistan disaster. Pathetic.


5 posted on 02/25/2022 8:32:19 AM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism")
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To: conservative98

It's beginning to look like he was right..............

6 posted on 02/25/2022 8:32:20 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: conservative98

Who cares what Bush thinks at this point. We watched him keep his mouth shut when Obama was trashing his presidency and our country. All he did was act strangely with Michele Obama. He needs to get a room and keep his mouth shut.


7 posted on 02/25/2022 8:34:41 AM PST by rdcbn1
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To: conservative98

Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden are all liars and corrupt. They never carried about the country or the people.


8 posted on 02/25/2022 8:37:01 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: conservative98

Regardless of what anyone thinks of Bush and Iraq, it was Obama that effed it all away.


9 posted on 02/25/2022 8:38:06 AM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic...)
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To: conservative98

Leaving the US border open and the laws unenforced since W’s daddy was in office has been SOOOOO beneficial to US.


10 posted on 02/25/2022 8:39:27 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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this would have never happened if Reagan hadn’t won the cold war and put into motion the collapse of the ussr.

so I’m blaming Reagan


11 posted on 02/25/2022 8:40:30 AM PST by BuckeyeGOP ( )
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I blame the Great Schism.


12 posted on 02/25/2022 8:42:25 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Magnum44

Bush and the GOP enabled the Kenyanesian Usurpation.

Obama is not a natural born citizen.

NO ONE born with more than ONE nationality is NATURALLY an American.

It was that singularity of nationality the founders were requiring.


13 posted on 02/25/2022 8:43:08 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Putin invaded under Biden, not Trump.


14 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:10 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: conservative98

George W. Bush was the worst US president when it comes to foreign policy (Woodrow Wilson comes in second, IMO). And I would not argue against anyone who called Bush a war criminal.

But it is nonsensical to say that Bush somehow made Putin’s invasion easier. After all, Bush has been out of office for more than 13 years. If the author wants to bash Bush, he should stick to common-sense arguments.


15 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:19 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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Putin invaded under Biden, not Trump.


16 posted on 02/25/2022 8:45:33 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: Skwor

Bush and Biden are on the same team.


17 posted on 02/25/2022 8:46:26 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: wny
This is not wrong. We got way over-extended fighting losing wars in the wrong place, instead of focusing on keeping our strength were we needed it.

Now we are facing China and the Russian imperialistic response to our imperialist threats. We have not had adults running our affairs in a long time.

18 posted on 02/25/2022 8:46:40 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: conservative98

if this is “the greatest security risk”, then what the hell was the point of the patriot act????


19 posted on 02/25/2022 8:48:49 AM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: conservative98

The Bush family became incredibly wealthy in the oil business dealing with the corrupt Saudi ruling royals. When 9/11 happened US intelligence was well aware that Saudi intelligence was well aware of the plot, did nothing to stop it, and did not inform the Americans. Iraq was then the greatest threat to the vile 9/11 Saudis well being. Perhaps not so incredibly Bush did not hold his vile Saudi patrons accountable but instead invaded Iraq, This absurdity was not lost on the rest of the world.

Putin was not always crazy. The 2012 Winter Olympics were held in Russia. The Saudis at that time were funding ISIS hoping to establish a jihadist Sunni state carved out of Syria and Iraq on the Iranian border. Iran was and is their greatest threat. The Russians by their alliance and activity in Syria were seriously damaging and hindering ISIS. The Saudis told the Putin that if Russian interference continued they the saudis could not guarentee that there would be no terrorism at the Olympics. Putin thanked the Saudis for the warning and told them he would be personally attending the games and now knew who to hold accountable if there was any terrorism. He commented he would not be invading Iraq and he proceeded to station three Russian nuclear armed ballistic submarines off the coasts of Saudi Arabia. There was no terrorism at the Olympics.

The story is of course just a story but it is plausible enough to be believable


20 posted on 02/25/2022 8:49:58 AM PST by allendale
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