Now that the war in Iraq is winding down, what exactly did we get out of it? Supposedly it was fought because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). If that was the reason for the war, why didn’t we go after Iran and/or North Korea? We knew very well they were building WMD but no, we didn’t go after them. Then why Iraq?
I believe the real reason for the Iraq war was so that George W. Bush could prove to his father and show the world and that he could “finish the job” by getting Saddam Hussein that his father did not do.
So, what happened after the “nary-do-well” (Ronald Regan’s description of George W. Bush) “Mission Accomplished”? Three trillion dollars and 4,400+ Americans killed and tens of thousands of others coming home disabled and injured and we got what? The most obvious result: Iraq can no longer keep Iran in line which it was doing before the war, we’re three trillion dollars more in debt for fighting a war without funding it and, as a Vietnam Vet (1st Cav ’66-’67), I’m hoping that the Iraq and Afghanistan vets will be treated a whole lot better than the disdain and contempt the Vietnam Vets were treated with after Vietnam because I don’t see how those wars are going to end any differently than Vietnam did. It’s every bit as bad as it was before the war began 10 years ago with bombings and mass killings going on just about every day. More than 1000 people have been killed in Iraq the past month and it doesn’t seem to be letting up. And let’s not forget we also have a lot more people hating us. Nice
I’m also hoping that the voting public now knows better than to buy the not very well thought out ideas of another politician like George W. Bush because he does have a brother in Florida who people are talking about running for president next time — just in case we haven’t had enough Bushes. And, let’s not forget there’s also Rick Perry, Paul Ryan, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann. Yikes!
