Quote:Funny how it went from, "We have irrefutable proof that there are WMDs in Iraq, and that's why we're invading," to, "We have reason to believe that Saddam Hussein was pursuing the ability to acquire WMDs, and that made it worth the time, money and American and coalition lives to invade, even though what we're left with now is a far bigger mess than we would have been in with Saddam."

 

Just admit it already; Iraq was an oil war.

 

No, Iraq was a war of revenge.    We had turned the situation in Afghanistan by providing air support to the Northern Alliance, and we were feeling our oats, thinking we were so powerful we could do just about anything we want, and Bush 43 decided it was time to get revenge on Hussein for his attempt to assassinate Bush 41.   

 

Then the military industrial complex saw that if we used up part of our stockpile of bombs and missiles, they would get some contracts for more bombs and missiles, so they piled in and fed the whole effort, with the assistance of Cheney and Rumsfeld.  

 

For Bush 41, it was a war of revenge.  For the people around him, it was a chance to throw our weight around in the Middle East, blow up some bombs and missiles, and get some contracts for the military industrial complex.   

 

And several trillion dollars later, we have this disaster on our hands.  We depose the Sunnis in favor of the Shias, the Shias don't want to share power with the Sunnis, and therefore the Sunnis go join ISIS.   Chaos and widespread bloodletting ensue.  

 

The invasion of Iraq was the worst US foreign policy mistake of all time. 

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