kaz
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To call the Bay of Pigs worse than Iraq is the dumbest post I've seen in a while.This is more indication that it was not a failure or mistake to abide by the terms of the 2008 Bush Maliki SOFA when Obama presided over the end of the war that truly was the worst foreign policy decision in U.S. history.
Please, showing again you're StillobsessedwithW. As much as I oppose the Iraq invasion, it wasn't even the worst policy failure happening in 2003. That would be trying to nation build in Afghanistan. A monumentally stupid idea that has failed repeatedly through history.
As for history though, these are a few no brainer worse than Iraq:
Treaty of Paris:
Spanish American War
The Vietnam war
Letting Russia take half of Europe after WWII
The Bay of Pigs
While it wasn't our job, at least we took out a despot who started two middle east wars by invading other nations, used chemical weapons on both other countries and his own people, killed hundreds of thousands of Shiites, funded terrorism and tried to murder as many Kurds as he could. To call that the worst is ridiculous.
Seriously? In addition to murdering freedom fighters who would not have invaded had they not asked for and thought they were getting support from Kennedy, the Bay of Pigs:
- Put the US on the brink of nuclear war with the USSR
- Put a Soviet doormat 90 miles from our shore. Before the Bay of Pigs, Castro didn't trust the Soviets and limited their access. After the Bay of Pigs, he believed we were a real threat to him and he let them in completely.
Now Iraq, go...