<If I had known then what I know now, I would not have supported it.>
CB, I don't think I've been surprised about anything in Iraq. I didn't think there were WMDs. I didn't think Saddam and Osama were in cahoots to any significant degree. Abu Nidal and other global criminals found some haven in Iraq, but not all that much and the smallest hint of being not good for Saddam and it was game over for them - I think not many AlQ terrorists would have been set up in Iraq as it would have been hazardous to their health.
I didn't think the USA would be met with ululating women and flowers. I thought there would be a rearguard guerilla fight, with the actual invasion war being over in the orbit of a Globalstar satellite [about 100 minutes] though I admit that was an exaggeration because it would obviously take longer than that merely to drive unimpeded from Kuwait to Baghdad and Mosul and Tikrit. I thought Saddam would be hiding where he grew up, near a river and not far from a palace and his old childhood haunts. I thought the UN should be heavily involved and taking the lead rather than the PNAC. [We don't yet have the NUN but we are making progress]. I thought there would be about as many casualties as there have been. I'm not the slightest surprised that torture and deaths in custody have been discovered [I'm surprised that people are surprised].
I thought it a good idea to attack Saddam, sons and co.
So far, so good [the usual blunders, criminality and bad luck notwithstanding].
Now we have Resolution 1546.
Nyah, nyah, told you so!!
Also, I recently said that Ghadaffi's "new leaf" was perhaps cover for nefarious activities, maybe even including have a bought nuke [from Pakistan] somewhere. Now it's rumoured that he was wanting to cause insurrection in Saudi Arabia, I suppose on the basis of my theory of "Put a bullet through the middle east" as a way to get oil prices up and maintain market share. I'm not surprised to hear that he's after insurrection in Saudi Arabia.
Leopards and spots!
Maybe you are just annoyed at believing the disbanded Office of Disinformation tricks.
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