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I think the freeing of millions of people from a ruthless dictator
...into what, though? A land where car bombs and torture-murders by roving sectarian militias became the norm? The postwar planning by Bush, Bremer, Rice, and all the others was just abysmal.
...into what, though? A land where car bombs and torture-murders by roving sectarian militias became the norm? [b]The postwar planning by Bush, Bremer, Rice, and all the others was just abysmal.
read the rest of my post. I am NOT happy with our administration and the planning they have done.
I thought is was at first but now I don't think invading was a good idea, I think Saddam was asking for it but I feel now a good round of bombing would have been enough.
It was a bad idea not removing saddam at the end of the Gulf war. Correcting that foreign policy blunder was a good idea. When I pulled the GOP ticket in 2000 I knew we would end up back in Iraq
Hook or crook
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Originally Posted by StillwaterTownie
No, bryan61, attacking Iraq was a bad idea to the extreme. If it was a good idea it would have been settled by now with Bush's approval rating going over 50%. By the way, the other Iraq War from 1991 that you really seem to be referring to was also a bad idea.
Not the norm in most of the country. War isnt pretty.
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Originally Posted by tablemtn
...into what, though? A land where car bombs and torture-murders by roving sectarian militias became the norm? The postwar planning by Bush, Bremer, Rice, and all the others was just abysmal.
You got it right on the head. I think the freeing of millions of people from a ruthless dictator, that would not only put people in human meat grinders, but gas his own popluation with Saran Nerve gas a good idea. The administration biffed it up as far as I am concerned, we never went in with the "shock and Awe" we should have, We continue to play politics with our soldiers which is driving up the cost of the war. Remove the politics and let our soldiers get the damn job done and you would see less money spent there.
We torture people too, maybe not with meat grinders, we just call simulated drowning 'a little dunk'. We didn't seem concerned with Sadaam's use of the WMD WE SOLD HIM, on the Iranians, in fact, Rumsfeld was sent over to Sadaam to assure him that we didn't hold it against him. We sold him all sorts of weapons, then applauded him when he used them. We knew what kind of tyrant he was before we helped him gain power in the Baath Party.
What do you call 'get the damn job done?' - you mean drop the big one, like Nixon wanted to do in Vietnam? Thankfully he was not listened to. How about we stop causing these problems in the first place, by minding our own damn business?
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