Trump WH attacks Bush, Iraq war “one of greatest foreign policy mistakes in American history"

[Identity]

It wasn't a mistake. It was an establishment success. They busted the country up into several impotent pieces, stole the oil, built permanent military bases, secured the dollar against competing currencies, and enriched their cronies in the MIC. All on the dime of the U.S. taxpayers. I LOL every time I hear that the Iraq intrusion was a "mistake" or a "disaster."

Same. I remember people saying the war wasn't over oil because the price of oil was still expensive after the war. LOL. Obviously Iraq was largely for oil - if Saddam cut off our oil supply or did something crazy it'd send us spiraling into a geopolitical crisis. Now we have a vassal "democratic" puppet state that won't rock the boat for us in the near future. Suce$$.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

Same. I remember people saying the war wasn't over oil because the price of oil was still expensive after the war. LOL. Obviously Iraq was largely for oil - if Saddam cut off our oil supply or did something crazy it'd send us spiraling into a geopolitical crisis. Now we have a vassal "democratic" puppet state that won't rock the boat for us in the near future. Suce$$.

But the boat rocked, sort of, at home as a direct result of that "succe$$".

At the same time many believers for long time consumed the Iraq war as a revenge attack.. not sure if anyone sincerely believed that it was about spreading our freedom values in Iraq.

 

[anaconda]

But the boat rocked, sort of, at home as a direct result of that "succe$$".

I don't think the boat was rocked at all. The CFR was probably doing cartwheels at the idea of making socialism cool again, without having to change policy one iota. The two party charade was basking in all its glory in 2008. What a win to put a seamless puppet in to relieve Bush and have the American public think they had actually made a difference. Americans must certainly be the dumbest herd of creatures on the planet.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

Our debt is the size it is because of the War on Terror... Clinton balanced his budgets.
It is not domestic spending that sank us all into this big hole, it is our reaction to 911.

Clinton didn’t really balance his budgets, he just funged some cash into the General Fund from the Social Security Trust Fund to make it look like they balanced.

 

[enhanced_deficit]

I don't think the boat was rocked at all.

In the policy sense that is true, but symbolically and perhaps to an extent psycholgically for vast majority of Iraqi Freedom war supporters to see son of an African muslim man becomse US President just a few years afeter that war's "mission accomplishment was somewhat rocking event.

The CFR was probably doing cartwheels at the idea of making socialism cool again, without having to change policy one iota. The two party charade was basking in all its glory in 2008. What a win to put a seamless puppet in to relieve Bush and have the American public think they had actually made a difference.

Hard to disagree with that.

 

[Zippyjuan]

Our debt is the size it is because of the War on Terror... Clinton balanced his budgets.
It is not domestic spending that sank us all into this big hole, it is our reaction to 911.

Two Bush wars in Afghanistan and Iraq plus tax cuts sent the deficit soaring. From zero a year deficit to almost $1 trillion a year by the time he left office. Made Murika Great again!

The first Iraq war was over quickly and the allies paid for all of our costs so Bush Jr assumed his war would also be quick, easy and cheap. Still going and going.....