I can't be too harsh on the American people, or with President Bush, because I too believed at the time that the invasion was justified. My moment of agonizing reappraisal came after I learned about the truth on the ground re WMD/AL-Q, coupled with the criminal negligence of mismanaging the occupation. True, the Bush gang then started on a long list of other excuses to continue to justify their presence, but I would hesitate punishing him for doing something which he initiated with my approval and with those of my elected representatives.
On the other hand, if I ever find out he was lying about WMD/AL-Q, rather than just mistaken, I would support war crimes trials. I will grasp at that straw because to do otherwise would simply be too hard for me to bear.
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re: " The American people would never have supported an invasion of a foreign nation which posed no direct threat, simply for economic or geopolitical reasons. "
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- Conservatives: If we could do it all over again, would we still invade Iraq?
- re: Conservatives: If we could do it all over again, would we still invade Iraq?
- re: Conservatives: If we could do it all over again, would we still invade Iraq?
- Hindsight is always 20/20.
- Probably not
- The problem with conservatives....
- Yes.
- Yes.
- re: Yes.
- Yeap.
- re: excellent, but you forgot one thing:
- That's pretty much how I see it. (n/t)
- Here's where we differ
- re: The two next presidential contenders
- The next President will not have to deal with the war in Iraq.
- And a further point to consider is...
- re: And in november?
- " The American people would never have supported an invasion of a foreign nation which posed no direct threat, simply for economic or geopolitical reasons. "
- your drinking cool-aid if you think it was for those reasons.
- re: " The American people would never have supported an invasion of a foreign nation which posed no direct threat, simply for economic or geopolitical reasons. "
- The next President will not have to deal with the war in Iraq.
- Loaded question. But yes.