Whether it was wise to invade Iraq or not is certainly a debatable point and some day historians, with 20/20 hindsight will be able to answer that question. As I recall even the Senior Mr. Bush had reservations about it, so I understand your questioning. But, we did it, we are in there and rightly or wrongly its very important we win this affair. To lose or withdraw would assist and inspire terrorists around the world.
As to the planning of the war, like any war we plan the best we can with the information we have. Things went wrong right from the beginning when Turkey backed out of allowing us to enter Iraq from the North. Who could have foreseen that Saddam would disband his army into guerilla units without first a significant fight? We were told by the Iraqis themselves that they would flock to our side, if you recall in the first days they did, but as they realized they could get killed by the now terrorists they subsided into the shadows. Those are some of the negatives, but on a positive side, they voted, they are drafting a constitution, yes there is bickering over it, we ourselves bickered for 4 YEARS after the Revolutionary War, thats Democracy in action.
There is absolutely no point in badmouthing President Bush for the past, remember this is his last term, we need to join together to complete this mission. The media and the far left are often more dangerous then the supposed enemy abroad. jdn |
