RetiredGySgt
Diamond Member
You actually just hit on what I believe was one of the things that made this war as pointless as anything I can imagine. Keeping those groups apart and keeping out fundies was what Saddam did well. It really will take as heavy a hand as he had to get it to where it was at the onset. So all that talk about "liberating" the Iraqi people (reason number 12 for the invasion) was kind of absurd.
Given that Saddam was not an imminent threat to this country and that well over 3,000 troops have died, our treasury raped and our military pushed to its limits, wouldn't you say that there were better ways to getting to where we are now and where we need to be?
It is way past time to worry about what MIGHT have been better 4 years ago. We are where we are and have to deal with what is reality NOW, not what you think should have happened 4 years ago. Whining on and on about something that can not be changed is pointless.
If you advocate abandoning Iraq just because you dislike Bush or because we screwed up 4 years ago the heartless coldhearted one would be YOU. Further things ARE getting better.
Further NO ONE said Iraq was an imminent threat. What Bush said was he was not going to WAIT until it WAS an imminent threat.