Since you blatantly ignored my quote from the Rand report detailing the failings of the sanctions, I'll repost it for you
Rand never suggests Iraq was about oil. Rand never suggests that military action when fighting terrorists is completely unnecessary. Rand agrees strong military action was needed in Afghanistan immediately after 9/11. Many of the claims you make and correlate to the 2008 Rand Report are filled with inconsistencies or false. Again, it is very clear that you don't reference the Rand because you respect its constant validity but that you reference one report for political expediency
The fact you ignored quotes I had from various Rand reports furthers that point
You might has well have. The strategy you laid out is equatable in its realism to controlled demolition in WTC. A bunch of guys lurking in the shadows killing all the terrorists. I just really don't buy it would've played out as rosily as you postulate
I never said it was an asinine endeavor, I said your statement was asinine. One cherry picked statement from Cheney talking about oil doesn't prove the war was motivated by it. Players in Washington would never have accepted it, namely Rice and Powell. And where did oil prices go after Iraq? Up.
It is nonsense
wow, what? I'm hoping you are just mistaken and didn't purposely misquote wikipedia. Zarqawi had been a terrorist stretching all the way back to the Soviet-Afghan War days.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saddam harbored and supported foreign terrorists.
What does this prove other than Iraq became a war against terrorists from around the Middle East and not just local insurgents? Doesn't that promote the war?
Yes... so you were wrong. Less than 1/3 died during the war than as a result of the sanctions
Nope, Iraq's military will keep going like South Korea's and West Germany's. Not gonna fall, and in 10 years when Iraq is still going you'll just concoct some other theory and pretend you never said it was going to fall
Honestly, it increasingly seems futile to bother debating these subjects with you. I debate to learn more, and change my ideas if they are wrong. Yet it is clear you discuss simply to push forth a pre-conceived political agenda that you tie with your ego, and no amount of overwhelming evidence could dissuade you
That's cool, go do what you want. But know that you're just as ignorant as the people who mislead us through Iraq, you just happen to be on the other side of the aisle
Don't worry, this is my last post for this discussion so we won't be derailing the thread anymore