Whether they were lying, wishful thinking, or just throwing Bush a bone, I don't know. But it was wrong nevertheless. I see you ignored Powell's comments on Iraq under the leadership of Hussein.Originally Posted by Grant
Whether they were lying, wishful thinking, or just throwing Bush a bone, I don't know. But it was wrong nevertheless. I see you ignored Powell's comments on Iraq under the leadership of Hussein.
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
Yep, post 59
Killing one person is murder, killing 100,000 is foreign policy
Too bad you don't agree with him very much.
Because he sees us as the world's police. I don't. Which puts conservative hawks in such a mental quagmire in that they want what Obama's doing but can't actually allow themselves to agree with Obama on anything at the same time.
Sure, when we had 150,000 troops there the country was relatively stable. I guess you wanted the United States to maintain that kind of troop presence in Iraq indefinitely.
"You're the only person that decides how far you'll go and what you're capable of." - Ben Saunders (Explorer and Endurance Athlete)
You are right, somehow I had conflated the costs per year with the costs per month. The direct costs per year of our being in Iraq was around 100 billion a year or so.
"You're the only person that decides how far you'll go and what you're capable of." - Ben Saunders (Explorer and Endurance Athlete)
I've told you before, the achievement was the withdrawal of our troops from that hellhole not to mention fulfilling the treaty the GW Bush signed. Are you saying Bush lied when he said the same things as Obama about Iraq? If Obama lied then it was only to cover for Bush's lies. Presidents do that.
Bush was out of it by then as these staments took place after his Presidency. Did you realize that terrorist groups would take over Iraq and other areas of the world once Obama , against all Military advice, pulled the troops?
Powell wasn't relevant to the conversation as this occurred before the Obama Presidency as well..
In fact it is a hellhole now but wasn't when the troops were withdrawn. And you also said "Whether they were lying, wishful thinking, or just throwing Bush a bone, I don't know". If any of this is true how can it be 'an achievement'? Do you understand about the rise of international Islamism throughout the Middle East and Africa?
Is it your understanding that the military advised that 150,000 troops remain in Iraq? Also, is it your understanding that other international forces wouldn't be involved in maintaining order there? You must have heard about US Troops being involved in maintaining peace in Europe, South Korea, and elsewhere, and with great success.
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